Crisis Practitioner in Leeds

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Main area Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 173-20726-ACUTE-B

Site St Marys House Town Leeds Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

The Crisis resolution Intensive Support Service is a dynamic and flexible service which offers an alternative to inpatient admission over 24 hours meeting the acute needs of working age adults across the city. We are currently looking to recruit two full time band 5 practitioners and would be especially interested in applications from Occupational Therapists and Social Workers to enhance our offer of holistic and multi-disciplinary care of those in a mental health crisis in the community.

You will have a permanent base in the East of Leeds, at St Mary’s House but will be expected to work across the city dependent on clinical need. The successful clinician will work with a range of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment and interventions to support recovery and inclusion. This will include the provision of highly skilled assessments, psychological interventions, safety planning, and contributing to formulations.

Please note there is an occupational requirement for the post holder to have experience & therefore we cannot consider newly qualified, or those requiring a preceptorship for this position.

Main duties of the job

Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users within a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning and care delivery. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment and risk assessments/management whilst promoting recovery and inclusion. The band 5 practitioner will operate within a community setting and will require to lone work, however can utilise the team to manage risks where support is needed. You will also work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting in transitions points for services users to community services.

In this role you will be under the supervision of Band 6 and Band 7 practitioners and can gain support from the wider team also. You will have regular clinical and management supervision. You will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role.

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 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff within the team, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement in continuously improving the service

• To work as an integrated member of the clinical team, participating in all aspects of day to day service provision.

• Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning, care delivery in collaboration with a Band 6 practitioner. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. The band 5 practitioner will operate within a community setting may require to lone work, however can utilize the team to manage risks where support is needed. When working in the crisis resolution you will complete assessments alongside a band 6 practitioner for decision making purposes and assess risk for those potentially unknown to services.
• In some roles specialist skills and knowledge may be needed.
• Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the ‘Six C’s’ – namely care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
• Car driver is essential.
• Provides care and treatment across 24hr 7 days a week, postholder may therefore be required to work shifts across 7 days which may include some long days and nights.

Qualifications

• Have a recognised professional qualification (RNMH/RNLD/OT/SW)

Experience

• Post Registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems and completed preceptorship/ASYE
• Can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans/care plans for people in an acute mental health crisis.

Skills

• Assessment and problems solving skills particularly in the area of crisis assessment and treatment.
• Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.

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.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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

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: 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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