[ref. d61654824] NHS - Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Job overview
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social workers to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service, support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice.
Our Community Mental Health Teams is a Monday to Friday service with the core hours being 9am to 5pm, however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills.You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs.
This is an exciting time to be a part of the service due to the upcoming community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI).The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities with serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding.
Main duties of the job
With access to appropriate clinical & management supervision the post holder will have or will develop & will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning & clinical interventions.
The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service & 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 & supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision & case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers.
You will work as a Care Coordinator & be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Team. Undertaking shared roles & responsibilities such as initial assessments, care co-ordination & team duty. In addition you will be required to carry out specific assessments & interventions.You will be expected to develop and deliver complex service user focussed Care Plans & provide excellent packages of care, further supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Team & Formulation process. You will also be expected to employ leadership within your role & will provide Clinical Supervision, Preceptorship & support to junior colleagues.
Student education & support is inherent to this role.
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 for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- The post holder will through a range of defined competencies acquire all of the skills necessary to progress into the role of care coordinator. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills in the clinical setting.
- To seek out and engage in management and clinical supervision with senior clinicians and clinical team managers.
- To establish priorities in workload in partnership with senior team members and ensure effective use of time and resources.
- To maintain a commitment to person centred care and to promote the use of the recovery model where appropriate.
- To support and carry out comprehensive holistic mental health assessments, formulation, safety plans, the planning and implementation of appropriate care and outcome measures.
- To act as a positive role model, providing support to other team members
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Relevant Core Professional Qualification – i.e. Diploma OT/BHSc OT, Dip SW, RN (Mental Health), or other relevant qualification
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.
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.