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Job summary

Main area
Adult Community
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37 hours per week
Job ref
274-11802-AC
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stamford Resource Centre
Town
Stamford
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/12/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

Job overview

Are you committed to delivering person centred health care?

Do you regularly use co-production and engagement  with peoples wider network in your practice?

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and progressive Integrated Placed Based Team (IPBT)?

If you can you answer yes to the above then an exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced and enthusiastic registered mental health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the IPBT working across Stamford, Bourne and Deeping area.

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will manage a caseload, having the opportunity to provide a range of specialist mental health assessments and evidence-based interventions. You will work collaboratively as part of a wider locality team with people with  mental health difficulties, their carers and other agencies, enabling them to access mental health specialist support.

This is an exciting time to join the trust, in LPFT we are forging ahead in our community transformation plans that aim to offer a dynamic, localised approach that is responsive, evaluated & tailored to local need, targeting health inequalities. The Integrated Place based Team will be part of this focus, this role will be significant in aiding the team to move towards an integrated care system and seamless working.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

 To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements

Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behavior

Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk.

To assess carer and family’s needs and develop, implement and review programs of support for cares and families.

To maintain accurate and timely clinical records.

To adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethics, as well as associated legislation.

To develop clinical practice having due regard to NICE guidelines and other best practice guidance

Working for our organisation

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 a range 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 lifeVisit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful post holder will be expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to high quality patient care, good organisational skills and be able to demonstrate prioritisation of work.

In return we will offer a comprehensive trust induction, regular supervision and appraisal and the opportunity for continued professional development. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multi disciplinary team.

As an employee of the trust, we can offer several benefits including,  lease care scheme, home electronic scheme, staff wellbeing support, free eyesight tests and early access to physiotherapy.

For detailed information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specific information.

 If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role, please contact Emma Barrass, service manager: [email protected]

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post- Registration experience of working with adults with mental health needs.
  • Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
  • Sound knowledge of clinical/ risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality.
  • Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries.
  • Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of leading training sessions
  • Experience of neighbourhood working

Skills and Competences

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
  • Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisational skills.
  • Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety of stake holders.
  • Good negotiation skills for conflict resolution.
  • IT skills- email, word processing, excel, systems use.
  • Analyse and interpret data and/ or information.
  • Statistics.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in mental health and social care or equivalent:
  • 1st Level Registration (NMC,HCPC)
  • Evidence of specialist training at diploma level or equivalent
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel independently across the county

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Dying to Work CharterStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICSDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024Wellness WellbeingNet Zero

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lyona Kajawo
Job title
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01476 858333