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 seeking a dedicated staff nurse for its innovative inpatient service. This role focuses on delivering high-quality care to children and young people struggling with mental health issues. You will work in a supportive, multi-disciplinary team environment, ensuring that young individuals receive the best possible care during their recovery journey. With a commitment to staff development and well-being, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of young people while advancing your professional skills. Join a team that values empathy, integrity, and collaborative care.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Training and education support

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• NMC registered Mental Health Nurse or awaiting PIN is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and crisis management abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective clinical care and risk management for young people.
• Support junior staff and learners while providing clinical supervision.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Crisis Management

Clinical Supervision

Understanding of Mental Health Act

Education

NMC 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: Children and Young People’s services – Red Kite View
Grade: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-63024-CYP

Site: Red Kite View PICU
Town: Leeds
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

Red Kite View is a £20million young people’s mental health inpatient service, and we are recruiting for a staff nurse, band 5 position to deliver good quality care to children and young people’s mental health services (CYPMHS).

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 provides inpatient care and support to families and young people from across West Yorkshire. 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.

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.

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.

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 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 behavior including deliberate self-harm and management of violence and aggression. It is a demanding yet rewarding role.

You will be keen to develop, and be able to support junior staff and learners, and be supported to offer clinical supervision 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.

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 a variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to the bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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. This job advert is for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – Lapwing Ward.

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

Most young people will come to Lapwing Ward PICU Red Kite View under the Mental Health Act (1983) or subject to other court orders. Whatever the situation of the young person they will be offered assessment, treatment and support in one of our two wards. Both wards offer light, modern facilities including spacious, comfortable and private en-suite bedrooms.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered Mental Health Nurse (or awaiting PIN)

Skills

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

Experience

• Experience of managing referrals and access assessments.
• Able to support junior staff and learners, be able to offer clinical supervision and training as well as positive role modelling.

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.

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.