Job Summary
Band 5 Nurses work with a defined caseload of service users and usually as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and care delivery, often (but not always) under the supervision of a more senior practitioner. This will include the provision of highly skilled care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.

Band 5 posts within a community setting will be required to: work autonomously, manage caseloads, undertake initial assessments and carry out home based treatment interventions.

Please note as this is a temporary role we cannot accept applications from newly qualified nurses, or those requiring a preceptorship.

Main Duties of the Job

• Risk assessments
• Triaging referrals
• Shift coordination
• Completing discharge paperwork
• Preparing for MDT and presenting
• Supporting students
• Working as part of the wider MDT
• In-reach work on acute wards
• Attending CPAs
• Home visits to assess/review service users

About Us
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.

Job Responsibilities
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 recruitment.lypft@nhs.net

Person Specification
Qualifications Essential

• Registered RNMH

Experience Essential

• Post registration/preceptorship experience
• Experience in assessing, planning, implementing and therapeutic activities to meet service user needs.

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of the problems and difficulties experienced by people with mental health illness which underlie the additional recovery and rehabilitation needs.

Values Desirable

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Team Manager Karen Watson, karen.watson9@nhs.net, 01138559318.