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At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.
Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.
Job overview
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social workers to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice. Our Community Mental Health Teams is a
Monday to Friday
service with the core hours being
9am to 5pm , however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs. This is an exciting time to be a part of the service due to the upcoming community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities with serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding. Main duties of the job
With access to appropriate clinical & management supervision the post holder will have or will develop & will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning & clinical interventions. The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service & wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities & supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision & case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers. You will work as a Care Coordinator & be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. Undertaking shared roles & responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination & team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments & interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans & provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team & Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role & will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship & support to junior colleagues. Student education & support is inherent to this role. Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development. There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers. We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will through a range of defined competencies acquire all of the skills necessary to progress into the role of care coordinator. This will include a requirement to practice care- coordination skills in the clinical setting. To seek out and engage in management and clinical supervision with senior clinicians and clinical team managers. To establish priorities in workload in partnership with senior team members and ensure effective use of time and resources. To maintain a commitment to person centred care and to promote the use of the recovery model where appropriate. To support and carry out comprehensive holistic mental health assessments, formulation, safety plans, the planning and implementation of appropriate care and outcome measures. To act as a positive role model, providing support to other team members. Person specification
Qualifications
Relevant Core Professional Qualification – i.e. Diploma OT/BHSc OT, Dip SW, RN (Mental Health), or other relevant qualification Experience
Experience of working with people with ongoing and mental health needs. Experience of working with people at risk. Can demonstrate experience of formulating care plans for people. Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow. Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks. Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post. 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.
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We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social workers to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice. Our Community Mental Health Teams is a
Monday to Friday
service with the core hours being
9am to 5pm , however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs. This is an exciting time to be a part of the service due to the upcoming community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities with serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding. Main duties of the job
With access to appropriate clinical & management supervision the post holder will have or will develop & will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning & clinical interventions. The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service & wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities & supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision & case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers. You will work as a Care Coordinator & be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. Undertaking shared roles & responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination & team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments & interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans & provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team & Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role & will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship & support to junior colleagues. Student education & support is inherent to this role. Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development. There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers. We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will through a range of defined competencies acquire all of the skills necessary to progress into the role of care coordinator. This will include a requirement to practice care- coordination skills in the clinical setting. To seek out and engage in management and clinical supervision with senior clinicians and clinical team managers. To establish priorities in workload in partnership with senior team members and ensure effective use of time and resources. To maintain a commitment to person centred care and to promote the use of the recovery model where appropriate. To support and carry out comprehensive holistic mental health assessments, formulation, safety plans, the planning and implementation of appropriate care and outcome measures. To act as a positive role model, providing support to other team members. Person specification
Qualifications
Relevant Core Professional Qualification – i.e. Diploma OT/BHSc OT, Dip SW, RN (Mental Health), or other relevant qualification Experience
Experience of working with people with ongoing and mental health needs. Experience of working with people at risk. Can demonstrate experience of formulating care plans for people. Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow. Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks. Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post. 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.
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