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Job overview

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust.  This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period.  This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner  (Band 6) to join Rushcliffe Locality Mental Health Teams (LMHT) 

We are looking for applicants from a Nursing, OT, Social Worker or equivalent background with experience of working in Mental Health who are looking at taking the next step in their career to join the team.

If you are a confident experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.

Hours can be flexible; there are full and part time hours.

LMHT is a community-based service which operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. 

Main duties of the job

The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire, bringing together a variety of services, including Assertive Outreach, Community Rehabilitation, Community Occupational Therapy Service , Outpatients, Group Services and clinic based interventions.

We help patients and their families cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personal path of recovery. Some of our patients may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team player, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. In return, the successful applicant will receive training and support to develop specific therapeutic skill sets to enable them to provide a high-quality service to our patients and their families.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC