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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: 173-34924-RSP-B Vacancy ID: 6535723

Specialist Addictions Practitioner

Closed for applications on: 17-Aug-2024 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 17-Aug-2024 00:01

Location

Site: City Wide
Address: Addictions Plus are based in Armley, City Centre & Seacroft
Town: Leeds
Postcode: LS12 3QE
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

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

Salary

Salary: £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Addictions Plus /Forward Leeds

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

-Liaising with other teams within and external to Forward Leeds, other professionals, statutory and non-statutory bodies. To work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team

-To develop and maintain excellent links with other agencies so as to ensure effective quality care for service users.

-Able to Communicate with service users who may be distressed and who may, on occasion, present with challenging behaviour.

- Advise healthcare professionals on the management of patients with co-existing physical health an substance misuse problems

- To ensure safe practice and ensure that the service is effective and safe for service users, staff and visitors.

- To use clinical and line management supervision, as well as ad-hoc supervision if and when required, supporting decision making and managing complex situations.

- To report incidents in a timely manner using the Hub reporting system in line with Forward Leeds and Trust policies.

- Provide specialist clinical expertise with the provisions of assessments, care planning evaluation, risk assessment and follow up to patients.

- Manage a caseload and also deliver psychosocial interventions to service users within the wider service.

- Deliver a range of evidence led psychosocial interventions and support pharmacotherapy as appropriate with support from senior staff.

- Perform physical health checks and interventions such as venepuncture, immunisation, wound care, urinE sampling.

-Participate in clinical supervision based on video recording of practice.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered with professional body i.e. RMN/OT/Social worker

Experience

Essential criteria

Worked across life course, care settings, with ‘difficult to treat’ populations
Experience of undertaking risk assessment and management of clients with complex needs and trauma