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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

About

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to the people of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Service users are at the heart of our organisation. We constantly strive to provide the best possible care and support, working closely with related organisations to provide effective, accessible and modern mental health and learning disability services.

Working in partnership with our local communities, our core purpose is to improve the mental health and well being of the people who use our services.

Our Trust was awarded NHS foundation trust status on 1 August 2007. On 1 February 2012 our Trust became known as Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

As a Foundation Trust we are accountable to the people we serve. Our Board of Directors is made up of executive and non-executive directors and is led by a Chair that is a non-executive director.

From 1 October 2015 our Trust has provided specialist mental health and learning disability services to people within Leeds and specialist services in York.

Our purpose

Our purpose is ‘improving health, improving lives’ and this is supported by our vision, values and behaviours.

The Trust is on a journey to embed collective and distributed leadership as close to services and service users as possible, so everyone is working towards shared goals, decision making and working collaboratively.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; St Mary’s House, Main House; St Mary’s Road; Leeds; West Yorkshire; LS7 3JX
Contact Number: 0113 85 55000

Find out more

Jobs Website

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Ref: 173-29524-ACUTE-B Vacancy ID: 6501092

Nurse

Closed for applications on: 6-Aug-2024 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 6-Aug-2024 00:03

Location

Site: CAU/Police Pathway
Town: Leeds
Postcode: LS9 7BE
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (5)

Specialty

Main area: CAU/Police Pathway

All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards. Please ensure that a HR address/email is provided for each referee named.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Relevant core professional nursing qualification (RMN/RNLD)
Experience in working with adults with acute mental illness or relevant training.
Ability to formulate care plans and safety plans for service users.
Ability to conduct assessments within an acute mental health setting
Assessment and problems solving skills, particularly in the area of crisis assessment and working with emergency services.
Skills in de-escalation of distress, and anger.
Ability to apply approved PMVA techniques, and to judge when these should be applied, seeking appropriate advice where necessary.
Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice.
A commitment to the delivery of services that are responsive to service users, culture, gender and families
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Able to prioritise work whilst working under pressure.
Assess people at risk and seek appropriate advice and support.
Able to delegate work whilst working under pressure.
Demonstrate ability to act on own initiative.
Ability to work in partnership with other teams and services
Effective team player
A belief in recovery, psychosocial interventions, engagement and the involvement of service users and carers in their care.
A good understanding of mental health services, including relevant legislation (Mental Health Act, Capacity Act).
A clear understanding of the professional role, both profession specific and the generic nature of a senior crisis practitioner.
Understanding of the Care Programme Approach.
A good understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems who are in acute crisis
Capacity to embrace change.
Able to work across a full working week i.e. 7 days, 24 hours a day.
Calm and confident with people who are in distress.
Reflective and considered approach to problem solving.
An awareness of the limitations of the role and when to escalate to senior staff.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of 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.

Please note that from 1^st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

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.

In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.