Job summary
Red Kite View is the new, £20million young people's mental health service that work with children and young people who have difficulties with their mental health or wellbeing. These services are also known as children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The service is part of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and is based in Armley, less than 3 miles from Leeds City Centre. It provides inpatient care and support to families and young people from across West Yorkshire. We are now recruiting for a Senior Staff Nurse to join the existing team at Red Kite View. This will allow you to work in a spacious, therapeutic environment that was designed in consultation with staff and young people using the current services.
Red Kite View supports young people experiencing significant psychiatric, psychological or emotional problems that are causing them interpersonal, educational and social functioning problems. The team works with a huge range of other services across West Yorkshire supporting young peoples' mental health including the NHS, local authorities and third sector providers.
Main duties of the job
Red Kite View has 22 beds (16 in Skylark Ward GAU and 6 in Lapwing Ward PICU), and is staffed by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team including nurses, psychiatrists, teachers, clinical psychologists, and a wide range of allied health professionals and non-clinical support staff. This job advert is for the General Adolescent Unit (GAU) - Skylark Ward.The service team works closely with the young person's CYPMHS Community team during their stay at Red Kite View.
Most young people will come to Skylark Ward GAU Red Kite View as informal patients. Some young people may need to be admitted under the Mental Health Act (1983) or subject to other court orders. Whatever the situation of the young person they will be offered assessment, treatment and support in one of our two wards. Both wards offer light, modern facilities including spacious, comfortable and private en-suite bedrooms.
Working as part of a multi-skilled, experienced, motivated and creative service, you will be responsible for contributing to the efficient day to day delivery of effective clinical care and risk management of the young people.
You will also participate in our operational manager rota, offering support to the shift coordinator and managing referrals and access assessments for the region.
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 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have great interpersonal skills and be able to establish a professional working relationship with young people and families. You will be cool in a crisis, it's a busy clinical area and we manage lots of risk-taking behaviour and deliberate self harm. It is a demanding, yet rewarding role.
This is a senior nursing position so you will be keen to develop from a leadership perspective, be able to support junior staff and learners, be able to offer clinical supervision and training as well as positive role modelling.
Your values are essential to this role; we are looking for someone who genuinely wants to make a lasting impact on young people, who insists on doing things with care and diligence and is able to think on their feet.
The CAMHS inpatient unit structure has been newly designed, specifically to enable and encourage progression; your development is vital to the service.
We're looking to attract a registered nurse from any branch of nursing with experience ideally in CAMHS or acute inpatient services to join our established and effective multidisciplinary team.
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 recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached 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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have great interpersonal skills and be able to establish a professional working relationship with young people and families. You will be cool in a crisis, it's a busy clinical area and we manage lots of risk-taking behaviour and deliberate self harm. It is a demanding, yet rewarding role.
This is a senior nursing position so you will be keen to develop from a leadership perspective, be able to support junior staff and learners, be able to offer clinical supervision and training as well as positive role modelling.
Your values are essential to this role; we are looking for someone who genuinely wants to make a lasting impact on young people, who insists on doing things with care and diligence and is able to think on their feet.
The CAMHS inpatient unit structure has been newly designed, specifically to enable and encourage progression; your development is vital to the service.
We're looking to attract a registered nurse from any branch of nursing with experience ideally in CAMHS or acute inpatient services to join our established and effective multidisciplinary team.
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 recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached 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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of managing referrals and access assessments
- Understanding of and ability to effectively implement the Mental Health Act and DoLS as relevant to service.
Skills
Essential
- Able to support junior staff and learners, be able to offer clinical supervision and training as well as positive role modelling.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of managing referrals and access assessments
- Understanding of and ability to effectively implement the Mental Health Act and DoLS as relevant to service.
Skills
Essential
- Able to support junior staff and learners, be able to offer clinical supervision and training as well as positive role modelling.
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).
