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CPET Team Leader OT/social worker/RMN

Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Albert St, Fleetwood FY7 6AH
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 Per annum
Closing date
5 Dec 2024
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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The Trusts Mental Health Rehabilitation care group is an exciting place to be with future developments in both inpatient rehab and community services currently under way.

An exciting opportunity for a band 6 Nurse Team leader Nurse to join our transforming Community Prevention and Engagement Team (CPET) for a highly skilled practitioner to work across Fylde and Wyre working with an array of mental health services and key stakeholders this team holds the importance of social inclusion at its heart. Working from ideology that people achieve a more sustained recovery when community connection is apparent this is a team that comprises of skilled and specialised support staff working across all mental health pathways to assertively engage and support individuals in working towards therapeutic recovery.

Main duties of the job

LSCFT Specialist Mental Health Rehabilitation is currently undergoing transformation across inpatient and community services in order to implement a robust pathway for people with complex mental health needs in the least restrictive and safest way, there is a need to develop the range of service provision that will enable this.

The aim of the transformation is to provide a service which can offer a whole pathway of support locally, identified in both national plans and clinical guidance, which would include an inpatient and community service offer that is matched against the identified need of LSCFT population. In order to achieve our aims LSCFT MH Rehab needs to standardise the approach to the provision of these services to identify and reduce inequalities and improve quality, ensure services are safe, effective, evidence based and informed.

The MH Transformation programme of work ensures we are working towards an end to end service pathway that will support people with the most complex mental health needs at the right time and in the right place.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing State registered with recognised body. Post Graduate training relevant to mental health work in appropriate speciality. Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) Nurse mentor.


Desirable

  • Leadership training Training in supervision skills Other relevant clinical training qualifications


Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge & SkillsDetailed knowledge of how mental health problems impact on individual functioning and how this is managed in a community setting. Knowledge of current best practice in community mental health, and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation. Specialist knowledge and application of mental health assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning. Ability to work autonomously and set own and others priorities. Ability to work as autonomous specialist within an MDT setting. Ability to devise specialist interventions to address social inclusion needs. Confidently assess and manage risk in relation to mental health practice. Familiarity with outcome measures. Sophisticated reasoning skills to analyse professional and ethical issues.European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Supervisor and appraisal skills. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance. Ability to organise/co-ordinate and respond efficiently to complex information. Literature reviewing skills and ability to prepare briefing papers and written reports cogently summarising complex information Knowledge of current research in specialist area and ability to implement into practice Computer literacy. Ability to build effective working relationships. Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation its impact on current practice. Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent presentation and training skills


Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience within a mental health setting Familiarity with audit processes Use of evidence-based practice Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialties


Desirable

  • Experience of a range of specialist Health and Social Care settings. Supervision of junior staff Leadership experience. Research procedures. Provision of training and/or presentations to groups Positive personal learning through experience of mental health problems in self or family/friends


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Prevention and Engagement Fylde

Mountcroft, Albert Street

Albert St, Fleetwood FY7 6AH

FY7 7DR

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351-SPS1276-EJ

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