Job summary
- Main area
- Ward 5 Newsam Centre
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 173-39424-EDRS
- Employer
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ward 5
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Charge Nurse
6
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Job overview
We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and 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] if you need a form, leaflet or other information in any of the following formats: Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.
Attached to this advert are supporting documents. The Recruitment Profile, which includes important to you will need to apply, our Benefits document for this post, and a candidates guide to our values based recruitment approach 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.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about recovery in serious mental illness, looking for a new challenge want to be part of exciting new developments? Then look no further…..
We are looking to recruit a Band 6, Registered Mental Health Nurse who is compassionate, creative, and flexible in their approach to delivering individualised, person-centred care, is keen to progress their career and feel that they have the leadership capability demanded by the role. The successful applicant will have 2 years post-registration experience, will demonstrate outstanding communication skills, be confident in their decision-making, and be committed to providing managerial support to the ward manager and clinical leadership to the ward team.
Ward 5, located at the Newsam Centre in Leeds, is a 17 bedded Level 2 rehabilitation service that delivers rehabilitation and recovery to male service users with enduring mental illness. The service provides a holistic, psychologically informed approach to support service users in developing their life skills, independence and hope for the future in a way that is meaningful to them, in the least restrictive way possible, with a focus on individual strengths.
For informal discussions and visits please contact Martin Borrick (Clinical Team Manager).
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
If successful, you will be encouraged and supported to develop your own specialist skills, knowledge and competence through participation, reflection, supervision, and training, with a strong focus on service improvement and individual professional development planning. The service is currently undergoing exciting development and transformation, and we would particularly welcome applications from those who hold additional skills in recovery-focused psychological interventions, or who wish to acquire and develop these skills.
Experience of working in partnership with service users experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Will have evidence of continuous professional development and be actively involved in clinical supervision and appraisal.
• Have a good working knowledge of psychological approaches in mental health.
• Can demonstrate a good understanding of rehabilitation and recovery.
• Has a positive concept of the contribution of nursing, understands the nursing role in the multi-disciplinary team and the therapeutic potential for nurses.
• Demonstrates experience and skill in assessing and formulating recovery focused treatment plans and Care Programmes.
• Has experience and knowledge of assessing and managing complex risks, in collaboration with service users, carers, MDT and partner agencies
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• Is able to demonstrate understanding of the national and local mental health and social care agenda and be able contribute to service development initiatives.
• Can demonstrate a working knowledge of clinical skills and can demonstrate evidence to support same.
• Can demonstrate excellent prioritisation and delegation skills.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Have a current professional registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with individuals experiencing serious mental illness
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Knowledge/experience of risk assessment/risk management
Values Evidence
Essential criteria
- Has the applicant displayed or described a way in which they meet 1 of the 3 Trust values? Caring, Simple, Integrity?
Additional Evidence
Essential criteria
- Has the applicant evidenced lived experience, caring or volunteering experience within the supporting statement?
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Martin Borrick
- Job title
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- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0113 855 6521
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