Job summary
The Intensive Support Team for people with learning disabilities works with people who at a significant time in their lives when they need additional support due to mental health or behavioural need. Many of our service users have experienced emotional and physical trauma, they may have personality disorders, mental health needs, as well as a level of learning disability. In addition, they may be accommodated in services who struggle to meet their challenging needs. The team's overall aim is to keep people out of hospital. We aim to keep people safe, empower service users to overcome individual challenges and provide them and their staff team with the skills and knowledge needed to overcome the present challenges they face. The team is highly skilled, passionate, forward thinking and completely personal centred.
We would like to recruit a confident, dynamic and enthusiastic Nurse to support join us and provide our service users with vital intensive support that people need at this critical time in their lives. We would accept the right candidate with a learning disability or mental health nursing qualification.
The successful candidate must have worked with people with a learning disability previously either in the community or in an inpatient setting, be keen to continue to work with people who have complex needs and have awareness of the needs of people who have a learning disability.
Main duties of the job
To work as a valued member of the Multidisciplinary Teamo The service operates 7 days a week 9am til 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday.o The role offers Hybrid working however there requires to be office presence.o To manage a defined IST caseload, using evidence based/client centred principles. The Intensive Support nurse will assess, plan, implement care to meet the behavioural and mental needs of people at the critical time in their lives, aiming to keep them out of hospital and living in their current environment. o Lead in developing and maintaining the delivery of nursing care to promote health and wellbeing.o Maintain clear links with your profession's structures and your professional's lead within the directorate and the Trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and adherence to your professional standards and code of practice.o To keep up to date with clinical practice through MDT tri-weekly huddles, clinical supervision, occupational health practice development meetings and Allied health professional forums.
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 a 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 individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(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
To ensure effective communication and collaboration with others involved in a service users care. Liaise as necessary and attend CPA meetings, reviews, Team meetings, ward rounds and clinical meetings. To ensure the referring agent and others involved in a service users care are informed and kept aware of involvement both verbally and in writing, with the service users consent To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of care to Learning Disability with specialist health needs, supporting the implementation of the Care Programme Approach To manage a clinical caseload and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) effectively and efficiently To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents To discuss any resource issues with CTM, particularly related to unmanageable caseload and ability of team to accept referrals or initiate waiting list To maintain links with primary care and advise on mental health issues and support as necessary To demonstrate sound clinical skills and ability to make decisions, whilst always aiming to promote the involvement of the service user To embrace any health promotion initiatives and always encourage a positive attitude to learning disability difficulties. To maintain clear links with your professions structures and your professions lead within the Trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and the adherence to your professions standards and codes of practice. To gain consent and build a collaborative relationship with service users that will promote engagement in the therapeutic process, adapting to barriers in communication which service users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological, physical, and always ensuring they are involved in and aware of their current care plan To manage a clinical caseload effectively and efficiently, and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure effective communication and collaboration with others involved in a service users care. Liaise as necessary and attend CPA meetings, reviews, Team meetings, ward rounds and clinical meetings. To ensure the referring agent and others involved in a service users care are informed and kept aware of involvement both verbally and in writing, with the service users consent To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of care to Learning Disability with specialist health needs, supporting the implementation of the Care Programme Approach To manage a clinical caseload and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) effectively and efficiently To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents To discuss any resource issues with CTM, particularly related to unmanageable caseload and ability of team to accept referrals or initiate waiting list To maintain links with primary care and advise on mental health issues and support as necessary To demonstrate sound clinical skills and ability to make decisions, whilst always aiming to promote the involvement of the service user To embrace any health promotion initiatives and always encourage a positive attitude to learning disability difficulties. To maintain clear links with your professions structures and your professions lead within the Trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and the adherence to your professions standards and codes of practice. To gain consent and build a collaborative relationship with service users that will promote engagement in the therapeutic process, adapting to barriers in communication which service users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological, physical, and always ensuring they are involved in and aware of their current care plan To manage a clinical caseload effectively and efficiently, and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have prof qualification BSc/Dip/MSc Nursing
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years' experience of working with people with a learning disability as a band 5.
- Good understanding of the difficulties experienced by people with Learning Disabilities and challenging behaviour. People may also have Autism, an unstable personality disorder or a mental health need which impacts on function.
- Experience in assessing, planning and implementing therapeutic activities to meet service user needs.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of person-centred approaches and importance of therapeutic use of self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have prof qualification BSc/Dip/MSc Nursing
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years' experience of working with people with a learning disability as a band 5.
- Good understanding of the difficulties experienced by people with Learning Disabilities and challenging behaviour. People may also have Autism, an unstable personality disorder or a mental health need which impacts on function.
- Experience in assessing, planning and implementing therapeutic activities to meet service user needs.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of person-centred approaches and importance of therapeutic use of self.
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).
