Job summaryCome and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!We have several fantastic opportunities for a Registered Staff Nurse to join our services within the directorate of Adult Mental Health.As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of evidenced-based nursing care to a group of clients/service users.The ideal candidate will be dedicated to providing quality patient-centred care and demonstrate an understanding of clinical procedures.We have vacancies as follows:Evington Centre LE5Coleman Ward and Gwendolen Ward are separate 18 and 19 bedded units that cares for gentlemen or women mainly over the age of 65, living with Dementia and other mental health illnesses.Bradgate Mental Health Unit LE3Kirby Ward is our female functioning, currently 23-bed which covers Mental Health Services for Older People.Aston Ward is our inpatient ward where you will be working with older adults who are experiencing mental health difficulties.The Willows LE5Cedar, Sycamore and Maple Ward are male and female rehab wards where service users are usually transferred from wards at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit until they can be safely dischargedStewart House - LE19Stewart House is a 30 bedded Rehabilitation unit which cares for Males and Females with complex needs, severe and enduring Mental Health problems.Main duties of the jobIt's an exciting time to join LPT as we are at the start of a five-year transformation journey to ensure we provide excellent services for patients with mental ill health and support people towards recovery and resilience. Its a challenging and fulfilling environment with multi-disciplinary teamwork at its core.For this role you would need to demonstrate effective assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation of care given to service users.You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate service users care packages in line with the Care Programme.You will work collaboratively with Service Users, Families/Carers and the Multi Disciplinary Team to provide a recovery-orientated approach and to foster autonomy and help service users to take an active part in treatment decisions and support self management.You should be motivated to work in a service that offers a recovery-orientated approach, delivering person-centred care through collaboration involvement.The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.About usLeicestershire 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 serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.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 are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesIf you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person SpecificationPerson SpecificationExperienceEssentialDemonstrates a strong interest in providing patient centre nursing care and patient educationDesirableSix months post registrationQualificationsEssentialRegistered Nurse Level 1Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 monthsHold/be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification or have a planned start date for thisDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameLeicestershire Partnership NHS TrustAddressLeicestershire Partnership Nhs TrustGroby RoadLeicesterLE3 9EJEmployer's websitehttps://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)