Job vacancy: Community Mental Health Nurse, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Job summary

Main area: Community Mental Health Team
Grade: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-21725-COMM

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Community - various locations
Town: Leeds
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/05/2025 23:59

Community Mental Health Nurse

6

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With access to appropriate clinical and management supervision the post holder will have or will develop and will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning and clinical interventions.

The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and 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 and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers.

As a Band 6 you will work as a Care Coordinator and be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. You will undertake shared roles and responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination and team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments and interventions. You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans and provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team and Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role and will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship and support to junior colleagues. Student education and support is inherent to this role.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Relevant Core Professional Qualification RMN/RNLD

Experience

Essential criteria

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.

Skills

Essential criteria

Holds full UK driving licence and has access to vehicle for work purposes

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.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

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

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

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 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.

In applying 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 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.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Kerrie Bowman
Job title: .
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07980968944

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Community Mental Health Nurse

6

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

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