Care Co-ordinator

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Híbrido; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

NHS Pension Scheme

Hybrid working

Flexible working arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Care Co-ordinator (Registered Mental Health Nurse) to support working age adults in the Community Mental Health Service. The role emphasises recovery, risk assessment and evidence-based interventions within a hybrid, Mon-Fri pattern with core hours 9am-5pm and flexibility.

You will work within a MDT, coordinating care across services, with supervision and shadowing to build competencies.

Formación

• Mental health nursing qualification is required.
• Experience of working in mental health settings.
• Driving licence with access to a vehicle for work is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Assess, formulate, plan safety and deliver clinical interventions.
• Coordinate care for service users across engagement with multiple services.
• Develop and supervise workload management within a multidisciplinary team.

Conocimientos

Mental health nursing

Risk assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Full UK driving licence

Educación

Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Descripción del empleo

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Care Co-ordinator

The closing date is 19 November 2026

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse to work in the Working Age Community Mental Health Service to support service users recovery within the community. You will be recovery focussed, have good risk assessment skills and have a good range of therapeutic interventions supported by evidence-based practice.

Our Community Mental Health Teams is a Monday to Friday service with the core hours being 9am to 5pm, however offering flexibility as we offer a hybrid model of working and flexible working arrangements. We require motivated individuals, with good initiative and organisational skills. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing interventions for working age adults. You will ensure that the service users' recovery goals are identified and central to their formulation and care planning needs.

This is an exciting time to be a part of the service due to the ongoing community transformation programme, a national programme of change to improve community mental health care & support for those with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI). The unique opportunity to work alongside experts by experience, third sector partners, primary care and adult social care to truly develop and improve services to tackling health inequalities and meet the needs of the communities with serve is truly refreshing and will be extremely rewarding.

Main duties of the job

With access to appropriate clinical and management supervision the post holder will have or will develop and will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include assessment (including risk assessment), formulation, safety planning and clinical interventions.

The role provides opportunity to coordinate the care of service users, throughout their engagement with the service and wider services if these are required. To achieve this the post holder, through a range of defined competencies, will acquire all of the skills necessary to carry out role. This will include a requirement to practice care co-ordination skills through shadowing opportunities and supervision. Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical team managers.

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 responsibilities

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.

Attached 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

• Mental health nursing qualification

Skills

• Delivering mental health interventions
• Full UK drivers licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes

Experience

• Experience of working in mental health settings

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the needs of service users with SMI and complex presentations

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust