Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinician

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Job summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Social worker, or Occupational Therapist ready for the next step in your career? Do you embrace change and new ways of working? If so, this role may suit you.

Two new senior clinician roles have been created to work specifically within the Access and Assessment function of the newly designed Integrated Community Mental Health Hubs. This is a developing service and part of a pilot phase of the Community Mental Health Transformation project. These roles will contribute to the development of a community system wide 'one front door' for the people of Leeds with serious mental illness.

The Access and Assessment senior clinicians will work within the access, triage, and enhanced assessment functions of the service.

Main duties of the job

You will be enthusiastic and motivated, with a genuine interest in facilitating people getting the right help and support to meet their needs in a timely way.

You will use assess people that access the service using best practice clinical judgements. You will positively engage with service users, family members, friends, and other referrers using a helpful conversations approach. The role requires a calm approach and an ability to maintain professional curiosity into people's mental wellbeing. The post holder will need to be highly organised, a good communicator. They will possess risk assessment and management skills and develop initial safety plans where needed and offer advice and support regarding management of identified risks.

The post holder will also work closely with call handlers to support with people who may call with high level of clinical need.

You will be required to have an inclusive and trauma informed approach to peoples care who access the service.

The post holder will also have opportunities to work with a variety of stakeholders across various services to further ensure that people are able to access the right support.

The service will operate between the hours Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm. There are opportunities for flexible shift patterns and working.

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 (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), 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 organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and 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. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Date posted

05 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-51223-COMM

Job locations

St Mary's House/St Mary's Hospital/Aire Court

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will need to hold a core registration relevant to the post

Have the minimum of 18months post registration experience of working with adults of all ages with mental health problems.

The post holder will need to have experience of supervising and support other staff and be able to work as part of a wider hub team of professionals including partner organisation to promote partnership working and co-production.

The post holder will need to demonstrate strong levels of skill in relation to risk assessment, helpful conversation calls and referral screening and be able to document these effectively.

Finally the post holder must be able to work in an inclusive, values based and trauma informed approach to peoples care accessing the service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will need to hold a core registration relevant to the post

Have the minimum of 18months post registration experience of working with adults of all ages with mental health problems.

The post holder will need to demonstrate strong levels of skill in relation to risk assessment, helpful conversation calls and referral screening and be able to document these effectively.

Finally the post holder must be able to work in an inclusive, values based and trauma informed approach to peoples care accessing the service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant core professional qualification (DipOT/BSc OT, Dip SW, RN (Mental Health), or other relevant qualification). Evidence of post qualification development.

Experience

Essential

18 months post registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems. Experience of working with people at risk & can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans for people in acute mental health crisis.

Knowledge

Essential

A good understanding of mental health services, partnership working and the value of community transformation in delivering effective and timely service user care.

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake assessment and helpful conversations with service users with mental health needs and formulate effective and co-produced plans for their care.
Capacity to embrace change and be proactive in the context of the new service. Calm and confident with these in distress. Reflective and considered approach to problem solving. Sensitive to needs of people from minority ethnic communities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant core professional qualification (DipOT/BSc OT, Dip SW, RN (Mental Health), or other relevant qualification). Evidence of post qualification development.

Experience

Essential

18 months post registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems. Experience of working with people at risk & can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans for people in acute mental health crisis.

Knowledge

Essential

A good understanding of mental health services, partnership working and the value of community transformation in delivering effective and timely service user care.

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake assessment and helpful conversations with service users with mental health needs and formulate effective and co-produced plans for their care.
Capacity to embrace change and be proactive in the context of the new service. Calm and confident with these in distress. Reflective and considered approach to problem solving. Sensitive to needs of people from minority ethnic communities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's House/St Mary's Hospital/Aire Court

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's House/St Mary's Hospital/Aire Court

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)