Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
PAUSE Mental Health Practitioner
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PAUSE Mental Health Practitioner - Band 6
Do you have a passion for supporting those that are at risk of developing a psychosis, working with them and their family / carers / support to identify concern at a very early stage and provide support, education, psychological treatment to either help avoid them developing or limit the negative impact should they develop a psychosis?
Then this may be the role for you!
Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
The PAUSE team (Psychological Awareness of Unusual and Sensory Experiences) is an example of an ARMS (At Risk Mental State) service and does exactly this, you will be working with people in the service for up to 2 years to provide the support they and there families need, the team accepts referrals from multiple primary and secondary mental services, you will hold a caseload typically of up to 15 people.
We Also Offer
- A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
- Free onsite parking
- Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
- Health and Wellbeing Support
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Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
The successful candidate will work as part of a team supporting those at risk of developing a psychosis, working as part of a Psychologically minded and led service and holding a caseload of service users (at present around 15 for a full time member of staff)
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To help develop this new and exciting service and to expand the role of a band 6 within the team.
You must be an NMC Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist of Social worker with the appropriate qualifications and registration to apply for this post.
You must also hold a full valid driving licence for use in the UK and have access to suitable vehicle, and be willing to convey service users from time to time.
To be responsible in the use and expenditure of the Trust’s resources that you utilise
To Delivery of Effective Healthcare within the organisation
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity.
- Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the mental health and social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic care plans and treatments based on the best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective care plans and treatments are in place for complex services users. This will involve co-ordinating care and treatment activities with other professionals or external agencies, including detailed planning of treatment and discharge plans to ensure the best outcomes for patients/service users
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About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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