Job overview

The Older People’s Inpatient Service at The Mount, has a fabulous opportunity to join our expanding inpatient teams. We welcome experienced nurses who are passionate about older adult care and making a difference in people’s lives.  You will want to develop as a charge nurse/ sister and hold an enthusiasm for service development and leadership, and be naturally highly motivated, caring, compassionate and proud to work with older adults. 

The Mount has four wards, (two dementia assessment, two functional mental health), dedicated to the delivery of safe and effective care to the older adult population of Leeds, priding ourselves on our excellent mental health and our outstanding physical health care. Please state in your application your preference of ward or specialism, and we will discuss this with you at interview.

On the wards you would join a multi-disciplinary team in providing high standards of care to service users and working closely with carers/families. This role gives you the opportunity to develop your excellent clinical skills and will offer you more experience of operational leadership. We offer comprehensive on-going support and professional development to all our staff including appraisals, personal development plans, short term & long term study opportunities & a robust clinical supervision structure.

Main duties of the job

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

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 any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.