Job summary
We are seeking mental health professionals from a registered core profession (RMN, OT, Social worker) to join us for an exciting opportunity to be part of the ongoing development of the Primary Care Mental Health Team within the new Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, in partnership with both statutory and third sector services.
This post offers hybrid working and will involve a mixture of working within GP surgeries, community mental health team base and home working within a locality hub. The team takes a transdiagnostic approach to mental health care, with the aim of using a helpful conversation and biopsychosocial assessment approach to identify and formulate the patient's difficulties. We work alongside the patient to explore their current experiences in relation to their mental health, identify their current goals and priorities, and consider what support may be helpful to best achieve these. This can include identifying existing services which may be of benefit to the patient and supporting referrals to these or using psychoeducation and/or practical coping strategies and skills to support the patient with symptom management.
As a team, we value unique skills, specialisms, and professional interests. The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously and as part of a team and will be offered appropriate training and support to develop their skills, alongside robust clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job
The Locality Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners will be linked to a locality hub, with defined GP practices and community mental health teams, to provide a specialist mental health clinical role to support service users with complex mental health issues. The post holder will provide access to mental health assessment, risk assessment, and brief intervention to prevent deterioration in mental health requiring a referral to secondary mental health services. The post holder will also provide access to triage, assessment and decision support for primary care colleagues to ensure that service users with complex mental health needs access the correct pathway and intervention to meet their needs. This will build upon Leeds' vision for the development of a new mental health framework for care in Leeds wrapping specialist mental health clinical knowledge and skills into primary and community settings, under the Community Mental Health Transformation Project.
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
- Ensure effective communication systems are in place and used appropriately
- Full participation in appropriate meetings.
- Take responsibility for positively engaging service users and carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation.
- Support the development of networks with staff working in other agencies that provide services to service users with complex mental health needs, liaising with a range of staff and clinicians in primary and community health services, social care, independent and third sector.
- The post holder will report directly to the Band 6 Locality Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, and be accountable to the Locality Manager.
- Will be able to adapt to barriers in communication that Service Users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological and physical, utilising a high level of expertise in communication skills.
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Recognised professional qualification RMN, RN (Mental Health), OT, Social Worker
Will maintain current specific professional and legal standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct.
Experience of working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies.
Experience in undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessment, will demonstrate that these skills are maintained and shares those skills with other team members.
Will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the national and local mental health and social care agenda and be able contribute to service development initiatives.
Will be skilled in all aspects of clinical communication including the maintenance of accurate records
Work actively to reduce mental health inequalities, by applying your knowledge of social determinants of mental health in Leeds and how some communities are at greater risk of poor mental health -
To provide advice, support and information to service users and carers.
To support the development of links with partner agencies
To provide supervision where appropriate to more junior staff and students.
To offer consultation, advice and decision support to primary care colleagues.
To use expert judgement and analytical skills in all areas of clinical practice and decision making, in line with Professional codes of practice
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- Will be able to demonstrate excellent prioritisation and time management skills.
Will be able to manage workload effectively under pressure
As an inclusive employer, we would actively encourage people of all diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures, who meet the essential criteria to apply, as we are seeking to ensure the workforce is representative of the people of Leeds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure effective communication systems are in place and used appropriately
- Full participation in appropriate meetings.
- Take responsibility for positively engaging service users and carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation.
- Support the development of networks with staff working in other agencies that provide services to service users with complex mental health needs, liaising with a range of staff and clinicians in primary and community health services, social care, independent and third sector.
- The post holder will report directly to the Band 6 Locality Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, and be accountable to the Locality Manager.
- Will be able to adapt to barriers in communication that Service Users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological and physical, utilising a high level of expertise in communication skills.
-
Recognised professional qualification RMN, RN (Mental Health), OT, Social Worker
Will maintain current specific professional and legal standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct.
Experience of working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies.
Experience in undertaking specialist mental health and risk assessment, will demonstrate that these skills are maintained and shares those skills with other team members.
Will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the national and local mental health and social care agenda and be able contribute to service development initiatives.
Will be skilled in all aspects of clinical communication including the maintenance of accurate records
Work actively to reduce mental health inequalities, by applying your knowledge of social determinants of mental health in Leeds and how some communities are at greater risk of poor mental health -
To provide advice, support and information to service users and carers.
To support the development of links with partner agencies
To provide supervision where appropriate to more junior staff and students.
To offer consultation, advice and decision support to primary care colleagues.
To use expert judgement and analytical skills in all areas of clinical practice and decision making, in line with Professional codes of practice
-
- Will be able to demonstrate excellent prioritisation and time management skills.
Will be able to manage workload effectively under pressure
As an inclusive employer, we would actively encourage people of all diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures, who meet the essential criteria to apply, as we are seeking to ensure the workforce is representative of the people of Leeds.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification and registration (eg. RMN, RN (Mental Health)
Skills
Essential
- The ability to organize and prioritise own workload under pressure.
- Ability to undertake holistic mental health, and risk, assessment with service users with mental health needs, formulate effective care plans, relapse prevention interventions and safety plans.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification and registration (eg. RMN, RN (Mental Health)
Skills
Essential
- The ability to organize and prioritise own workload under pressure.
- Ability to undertake holistic mental health, and risk, assessment with service users with mental health needs, formulate effective care plans, relapse prevention interventions and safety plans.
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
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).
