Job Description

The Pathway Development Service is a blended team of lived and occupational experts, with a focus on enabling progressive and trauma-informed journeys through secure care for individuals who may find their pathways stuck or blocked. In particular our aim is to help improve the experience and outcomes for individuals who experience the world as profoundly unsafe (often associated with the diagnostic label of a 'personality disorder') and as a result . We work alongside inpatient and community teams for adults and young people (16 +) who are on, or at risk of being on, a secure care pathway across the region. We operate across the region covered by the three Provider Collaboratives (PCs) that serve the population of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and Humber & North Yorkshire ICS, although our base is in Leeds.



As an innovative service we can offer real opportunities to be involved in improving the experience of service users across these pathways by supporting the teams working with them. This is a great opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner with a keen interest in personality disorder who would be interested in developing best practice and contributing to the development of local and regional pathways. Here is a link to our website which explains more about our team https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/our-services/pathway-development-service-yorkshire-humberside/



As an Advanced Practitioner with in the PDS you will have a leadership role within the team and be directly involved in working alongside teams to learn about what has happened within a system to obstruct pathways for their service users. This may involve:



completing assessments, formulations, providing clinical opinions and recommendations re care pathways.



collaborating with clinical teams to create 'thinking spaces' which aim to foster conditions to understand stuckness and to allow space for something different to happen in their service user's care pathway.



supporting systems and teams striving to deliver trauma - informed, integrated care to service users who are either at risk of entering secure hospital or presently receiving treatment within secure care.



delivery of bespoke training and consultation.



contribute to the current knowledge base about why people may find themselves in stuck pathways in secure care by being part of research or evaluation projects within the team.



The office base is situated in Leeds although as the organisation moves towards increased agile working you will be required to work remotely for a proportion of the week. This is a regional service, and the post requires regular travel across Yorkshire and Humberside.



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 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.



Applicants are welcome from those with a professional qualification such as nursing, social work, occupational therapy or psychological practitioners. Alternatively, we would consider applications from people without a core profession but who are able to demonstrate significant experience of working with this service user group.



This role will provide opportunity to build expertise and knowledge in the field of personality disorder / trauma informed care, gain a range of valuable skills in the area of complex care reviews, supporting specialist care systems, best practice, and inpatient care pathways.



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.



All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net

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



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