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 West 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 special 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.

Car driver and access to a vehicle is essential.

Main duties of the job

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 [email protected]

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.

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