About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated candidate to join the Louth Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
The team supports people experiencing an acute mental health episode in Louth and the surrounding areas. You will need to demonstrate a commitment to providing a high quality standard of care, with excellent communication, interpersonal and assessment skills. With a positive attitude towards change with an ability to adapt to the evolving nature of our service. You will be expected to work on your own and as part of a team, visiting service users in their own homes.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.
Main duties of the job
Supporting Registered clinicians in implementing Care plans.
Delivering skills work
Visiting patients in their own homes to monitor mental health
Answering calls to Crisis Team
Making referrals
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent
Desirable
- Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post
- NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- A patient and empathic approach
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agenies
- Clear accurate clinical note keeping
- Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results
- IT skills
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport
- De-escalation Skills
- Planning and organisation skills
- Requirement to work both day shifts and night shifts
Desirable
- Immediate life support
- Venepuncture
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting
Desirable
- Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent
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
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Windsor House
Fairfield Industrial Estate
Louth
LN11 0LF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)