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- To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach team in providing a city wide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week;
- To provide day to day co‑ordination of the team, as required;
- To act as care coordinator, responsible for the management of a case load including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care packages;
- To ensure an effective learning environment for students and other staff, regardless of the professional background;
- To carry continuing responsibility for the setting and monitoring of standards of care in line with Clinical Governance requirements;
- To promote nursing values and interventions in the MDT and with service users;
- To establish and maintain good working relationships with other community teams / agencies within the statutory voluntary and private sector;
- To work in a way that promotes positive partnership working between all members of the Complex Psychosis Pathway. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of the principles of recovery, models and will practice clinically in a way that promotes therapeutic optimism and hope with service users.
Main duties of the job
The Complex Psychosis Pathway provides a whole system approach Assertive Community Treatment and Menal Health Rehabilitation in Leeds, which includes Newsam Ward 5 (Level 2 Rehab & relocating to Parkside Lodge), Asket Croft and Asket House inpatient settings (Level 1 Rehab), the Community Rehabilitation Team and Assertive Outreach Team.
The pathway provides treatment, intervention and vocational opportunities for people and their families living with complex needs, associated with psychosis and with significant reductions in quality of life, described within NICE guidance as “severe and treatment resistant symptoms”.
The pathway aims to provide a whole person approach working together with individuals and their families on agreed goals that improve mental and physical health, welfare, social inclusion and psychological wellbeing that maximises independence and quality of life.
The Assertive Outreach Team provides a city wide seven‑day extended hours service, with working hours of Monday‑Friday 9am‑8pm and weekends and Bank Holidays 9am‑5pm.
The post holder will need to have the ability to travel independently across the city, and sometimes further for both direct and indirect interventions and administration, including lone home visits.
Working for our organisation
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 including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS discount offers.
All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. Patient safety is a priority at LYPFT and we are committed to safeguarding adults and children. LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. As part of the Trust’s commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ideally you will have had community and care coordination experience, but this is not essential, and you will be supported to gain confidence in this. You will need to have experience of working with psychosis, and a genuine interest in supporting the recovery of people experiencing severe and enduring complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage, may have a dual diagnosis and a history of risk. You will need to demonstrate innovative and creative ways of working with service users and have knowledge of working within the mental health act.
Through the MDT and within a team approach structure you will offer individual packages of care, therefore good communication and team working skills are necessary. Working with a smaller caseload of twelve service users as a full‑time worker, the MDT team will support you to deliver quality care to service users both in the community informally, subject to CTOs, and service users who require hospital admission.
We would welcome any interested applicants to have a discussion either over the phone or to come and visit the team to find out more.
Qualifications
- Have a nursing (mental health) qualification and registration with the NMC.
Experience
- Significant post‑registration experience of working with service users who have mental health difficulties who experience psychosis.
- Experience of delivering a range of different interventions for people with experience of psychosis.
- Experience of co‑ordinating care for people with complex mental health needs, or a strong interest in this.
Skills
- Ability to travel independently across the city.
Knowledge
- An understanding of the team approach.
Contract and working arrangements
Fixed‑term contracts may be offered to existing NHS employees or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust on a secondment basis, where possible. Temporary roles may be for maternity cover, temporary funding or other reasons and can be extended, converted to permanent or ended. The post holder may also have the option to work in a hybrid or flexible arrangement where the needs of the service allow.
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