Overseas Nurse Recruitment campaign from 2022 – ongoing
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides community and mental health services for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Their service users and staff are extremely important to them. They are constantly working to provide the highest possible level of care to their service users and they believe that having a vision for the future, and strategic objectives to work towards, is vital.
Their values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which they keep at the heart of everything they do.
Their leadership behaviours framework set the standards of expectation they aspire to in their daily work. Meeting these standards and developing the capability to exceed them, will not only ensure that they continue to improve and respond flexibly to changing needs as an organisation, but will also help their staff to fulfil their potential, both in terms of personal achievement and career advancement.
The behaviours they expect to see at LPT are:
They provide care and support through three divisions which focus on:
Adult Mental Health Services
Their services work to deliver high quality care for adults with acute and enduring mental health conditions and complex learning difficulties, across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Services range from acute inpatient care, acute assessment and home treatment, day care, psychological therapies, community-based mental health care and assertive outreach, day care and prison healthcare.
Families, Young People and Children’s Services and Learning Disability Services
They provide universal and specialist support including child and adolescent mental health services, health visiting and school nursing, paediatric medicine, nutrition and dietetics services, eating disorder services, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. This is along with locality-based learning disability teams, short break homes, specialist inpatient care, autism and outreach services. Their learning disability teams also offer specialist advice and support to others involved in caring for someone with a learning disability.
Community Health Services
Community health services includes adult nursing and therapy services and mental health services for older people. They deliver services in inpatient wards, in clinics, and in patients’ own homes. Their services include general and stroke rehabilitation, end of life care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, podiatry, falls prevention, and mental health services for older people.
Location and cost of living
Leicestershire, a county with over 2,000 years of history where you are guaranteed a traditional taste of England and a landscape perfect for gentle adventures or active escapes. It has plenty of things to visit and get to know, like for example:
- Explore Leicestershire’s beautiful waterways at Foxton Locks: Enjoy summer walks past the colourful narrowboats and along the unique waterways surrounded by Leicestershire’s picturesque countryside.
- Gastro glamping at the foot of Belvoir Castle: Pronounced ‘beaver’ by locals and literally meaning ‘beautiful view’, the Vale of Belvoir offers the perfect place to hideaway.
- Explore the ruins of Ashby Castle: Sir Walter Scott’s classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe featured Ashby Castle as the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes.
- Take the cultural quarter trail in Leicester: Absorb yourself in rich performances and visual arts in Leicester’s cultural quarter and enjoy architectural splendour and fine dining.
Leicester is a unique city and a wonderful place to visit, with a superb range of visitor attractions and shopping that is second to none. It’s a city that combines the finest English traditions with multicultural activities and the cosmopolitan buzz of city life. The city is bursting with state-of-the-art, award-winning venues including Curve, Highcross Leicester and the National Space Centre, a fantastic calendar of events and festivals, renowned museums and galleries, a range of live music venues, areas of natural beauty and 2,000 years of heritage to discover. A modern city, rich in arts, culture, sports and heritage, Leicester offers something of interest for all ages.
Rutland is England’s smallest and arguably prettiest county. This rural escape is the perfect place to spend time enjoying the great outdoors. Rutland Water offers a multitude of leisure pursuits including watersports, cycling, fishing and bird watching, while Rutland’s many attractive villages, set in the wonderful English countryside, are home to picture postcard cottages and traditional country pubs. Known as The County of Good Taste due to the plethora or fantastic local producers and providers.
