Job summaryLooking for an opportunity to make a difference to the delivery of care for service users in our Older People's Inpatient Service? Do you have the clinical skills and knowledge to develop and inspire nursing staff in the teams? Do you have a real interest and passion in Older People's Mental Health and Dementia care and want to develop your career further in this field?
Are you creative, innovative and talented?
Not wanting to expand your management role but keen to remain in direct clinical practice? This is the role for you!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse who has worked in a senior role within Older People's Mental Health Services to join our team based in Leeds. This post covers 4 inpatient teams, 2 mental health wards and 2 wards delivering care to people with dementia.
You will be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team within the service and be part of the Practice Development Team working across inpatient and community services.
You will be taking an active role in implementing service initiatives and developments which will enhance the quality of care we deliver to our service users.
In return we can offer you a supportive team structure and a commitment to your professional development.
This post is only open to internal applicants from LYPFT only.
Main duties of the jobYou will be required to provide expert clinical leadership to the teams, working in partnership with senior colleagues and spend a proportion of your time in clinical practice
Support quality assurance / audit initiatives across the wards.
Support with the service's ambition to have accredited wards via the RCPsych QNOAMHS standards.
Chair the CIF for OPS Inpatients.
About usThe 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.
Job responsibilitiesWe 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
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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the
Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the
Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
QualificationsEssentialExperienceEssential- Significant post qualification experience.
- Experience in a senior clinical role within Inpatient Services.
SkillsEssential- Demonstrate facilitation, teaching and training with a range of knowledge and expertise within the field.
ValuesDesirable- 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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. 
