Staff Nurse

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is expanding its Mother and Baby Unit in Leeds, seeking dedicated professionals to join its compassionate team. This role focuses on delivering exceptional care to mothers and their infants, ensuring that every family receives the support they need during a critical time. With a commitment to quality care and professional development, this opportunity allows you to make a significant impact in the lives of new mothers and their babies. If you are passionate about mental health and want to be part of a nurturing environment, this is the perfect chance to advance your career while making a difference.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Employee wellbeing support

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least one year of experience.
• Skills in mental health services and compassionate care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to mothers and infants as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage caseloads and collaborate with external agencies for wellbeing.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Mental Health Nursing

Team Collaboration

Assessment Skills

Caring for Infants

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Main area: Mother and Baby Unit

Grade: 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (22.5 hours per week also available)

Job ref: 173-64224-LPS

Site: Mother and Baby Unit

Town: Leeds

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/01/2025 23:59

All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards. Please ensure that a HR address/email is provided for each referee named.

Job overview

Join Our Expanding Team: Make a Difference in Mother and Infant Care

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the lead provider for perinatal services for the Yorkshire and Humber provider collaborative which goes live in April 2025. In autumn 2025 there will be a further bed expansion to the existing and only mother and baby unit in Yorkshire and Humber, which will allow for inpatient care to be provided for mothers and their infants closer to their home.

As part of this exciting expansion of our Mother and Baby Unit at The Mount in Leeds, we are looking for compassionate, dedicated, and skilled professionals to join our dynamic team. As we grow, we aim to continue providing the highest standard of care to mothers and their infants in a supportive and nurturing environment.

“Our goal is to work together to improve mental health care for new mums and their families. We want every woman to get the right care, at the right time, in the best place for both her and her baby. By partnering with families and other services, we’re committed to making sure everyone across Yorkshire and Humber has equal access to the support they need.”

Main duties of the job

As Staff Nurse you will deliver high-quality physical and emotional care as part of the multi-disciplinary team to mothers and infants, undertaking assessments of care which lead to the development of detailed and effective nursing and infant care plans. As the primary nurse you will act as a caseload manager working alongside a named nursery nurse and collaborate with outside agencies where it is requested for the wellbeing of either mother or child.

In this role, you will also provide assistance as part of The Mount’s rapid response team and act as shift coordinator when on duty.

If you are looking to join a passionate team that values quality care, compassion, and professional development, we would love to hear from you.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team at [e-mail]. 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.

Working for our organisation

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 for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As Staff Nurse, you will provide exceptional care to mothers and infants working alongside a multidisciplinary team, to ensure that every mother and baby receives the best possible care.

We value staff of all disciplines and as such you will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the expanding service, with a focus on supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing.

You will be working a 24-hour shift pattern, planning and delivering nursing interventions, delivering therapeutic groups in close liaison with external agencies, and accompanying service users and their infants off the unit.

An interest in women’s mental health and the particular needs of the infant where the primary care giver is suffering from a significant illness is essential.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and working as a registered mental health nurse for a minimum period of one year.

Skills

• Evidence of skills acquired through working and receiving training in mental health services.

Experience

• Demonstrates an interest in working with women in the perinatal period and their infants.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1 st July 2018 , all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.

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.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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