Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our multi-disciplinary Older Peoples Community Mental health Team within the East area of Leeds. 

You will work as Care Coordinator for a caseload of service users in the local community who have complex mental health difficulties, and work with their carers where applicable. The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers,  work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and to have excellent communication skills. 

You must be able to demonstrate a desire to work with older adults and have an in depth understanding of the needs of service users with severe, enduring and complex mental health needs; including dementia.

Working with this group of service users can bring its own challenges and complexities so a passion to work within this part of the service is essential.

As a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse  you will  also provide leadership, management and supervision / appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and be able to make a positive contribution to the development of the service.

You will be encouraged to have access to regular supervision and to maintain your professional development.

Main duties of the job

§  Assessment, planning and delivery of evidence based care/interventions based upon the individual needs of the service user and manage a case load 

§  Provide duty cover, under taking triage call, managing referrals and risk assessment of emergency contacts. 

§  Maintain a commitment to person centred care and to promote the use of the recovery model where appropriate, engaging service users in all aspects of their care.

§  Undertake direct clinical treatment interventions as required by the service user in differing settings, and support / supervise the delivery of care by junior staff

§  Administer medication in accordance with NMC Code and policy/procedures 

§  Collaborate with outside agencies to ensure care packages are in line with all agencies policies and procedures and current legislations.

§  To promote social inclusion and diversity for clients by coordinating/facilitating and supporting access to a variety of community based opportunities. To promote the physical health and wellbeing of older people by supporting assessment and interventions that facilitates access to relevant screening and information around health promotion and prevention

§  To provide clinical and managerial supervision, appraisal and other staff developmental work for junior staff

§  maintain and produce detailed contemporaneous and accurate records and reports at all times in accordance with agreed procedures.

Ensure compliance with relevant Information Governance policies and procedures

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 a 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 individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (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.