Senior Staff Nurse

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Red Kite View is a £20million young people's mental health inpatient hospital. We are recruiting to continue delivering good quality care to children and young people's mental health services (CYPMHS) - a term for all services 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 will provide inpatient care and support to families and young people from across West Yorkshire. It marks the start of an exciting new chapter in the provision of NHS services to young people living with mental health needs and their families. Red Kite View will allow you to work in a spacious, therapeutic environment that has been designed in consultation with staff and young people using the current services. This is your chance to be a part of something new, right from the very beginning.

The service opened in January 2022 and offers a welcoming, therapeutic environment to support young people aged from 13 up to 18 years of age who need the support of an inpatient service in their journey to recovery.

Main duties of the job

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.

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 violence and aggression. It is a demanding yet rewarding role.

This is a senior nursing position so you will be keen to develop from a leadership perspective, support junior staff and learners, 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.

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.

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 responsibilities

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.

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. The service team works closely with the young persons CYPMHS Community team during their stay at Red Kite View.

Young people will come to Red Kite View as informal or detained patients, admitted under the Mental Health Act (1983) or subject to other court orders. They will be offered assessment, treatment and support in one of our two wards. We manage crisis and high risk situations using strategies and interventions embedded within our clinical models. Both wards offer light, modern facilities including spacious, comfortable and private en-suite bedrooms.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Experience

• Experience of managing referrals and access assessments

Experience/knowledge

• Understanding of and ability to effectively implement the Mental Health Act and DoLS as relevant to service.

Skills

• Able to support junior staff and learners, 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.