An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse or Occupational therapist to join the Leeds Assertive Outreach Teams (AOT). This post is a temporary contract fixed for 12 months but will also consider applicants interested in a secondment opportunity. The teams provide a city wide seven day extended hours service, with working hours of Monday - Friday 9am-8pm and weekends and Bank Holidays 9am - 5pm. Due to the area the service covers being a car driver is essential.

Main duties of the job

Ideally you will have had community and care coordination experience but this is not essential and you will be supported to gain confidence in this. You will need to have experience of working with psychosis, and a genuine interest in supporting the recovery of people experiencing severe and enduring complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage, may have a dual diagnosis and a history of risk. You will need to demonstrate innovative and creative ways to working with service users and have knowledge of working within the mental health act.

Through the CPA process you will offer individual packages of care working with a smaller caseload than is typical in a CMHT of twelve service users as a full time worker within a team approach structure. This care will be delivered through the team approach in a multidisciplinary team, therefore good communication and team working skills are necessary. The MDT team will support you to deliver quality care to service users both in the community informally, subject to CTOs, and service users who require hospital admission.

We would welcome any interested applicants to have a discussion either over the phone or to come and visit the team to find out more.

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 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach team in providing a city wide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week

To provide day to day co-ordination of the team, as required

To act as care coordinator, responsible for the management of a case load including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care packages

To ensure an effective learning environment for students and other staff, regardless of the professional background

To carry continuing responsibility for the setting and monitoring of standards of care in line with Clinical Governance requirements

To promote nursing values and interventions in the MDT and with service users

To establish and maintain good working relationships with other community teams/agencies within the statutory voluntary and private sector.

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Have a nursing (mental health) qualification and registration with the NMC or Have masters, degree or diploma level Occupational therapy qualification and registration an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions council.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience of working with service users who have mental health difficulties who experience psychosis

Skills

Essential

• Community post requiring a car driver with a valid driving licence

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Asket Croft

2 Asket Place

Leeds

LS14 1PP

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