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Mental Health Practitioner in the Perinatal Service - Band 6
Do you want to work in a fast-paced yet highly rewarding environment?
Do you want the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally within a caring, supportive team?
Then this may be the role for you!
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a full time Band 6 MHP in the Perinatal Service.
The Perinatal Mental Health Team is a Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Community service that covers the whole of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We specialise in the assessment, diagnosis and short-term treatment of women who are affected by a moderate to severe mental health illness in the preconception, antenatal and postnatal period.
The NHS Long Term Plan builds on the commitments outlined in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health to transform specialist PMH services across England. As part of the proposed £2.3bn investment in mental health identified in the Long Term Plan, additional investment will support further service developments for perinatal mental health.
Further info please contact: Chipo Kasenza - Email: [email protected] - Telephone: 07919 073280
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will maintain a clinical case load, fulfilling all the roles and responsibilities of a Care Coordinator.
They will work effectively in the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality mental health assessments, treatment programs and manage risk.
This work will involve patients and their carers in the delivery of evidence based interventions/treatments, recovery focused work. You will need to demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to high quality care as well as possessing good therapeutic and interpersonal skills.
The post holder will be required to work autonomously as well as within the MDT and other settings.
You will visit people in their own homes and communities as well as running clinics at the team base and other community venues.
You will have a strong sense of initiative, excellent team working ability and be an excellent communicator. You will need to demonstrate knowledge and experience of nursing interventions and community assessment skills. Qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected.
You will have experience of post-registration work, ideally with this client group.
We are a dynamic, supportive and experienced team who value clinical supervision alongside weekly group psychology supervision.
In this forum we discuss complex cases, how to manage these and look at new initiatives in mental health.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
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.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Westcotes Health Centre
2 Fosse Road South,
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 0LP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)