This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a large Provider Collaborative (OpCOURAGE) providing mental health and wellbeing care and support for veterans in the North of England. Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust are the Lead Provider. Other delivery partners are Pennine Healthcare NHS Trust, Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Trust, Humber NHS Trust, Combat Stress and Walking with the Wounded.

Op COURAGE offers a range of specialist support and treatment for members of the armed forces community. This includes:

helping to recognise and treat early signs of mental health problems, as well as more advanced mental health conditions and psychological trauma,
providing support and treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use,
liaising with charities and local organisations to support wider health and wellbeing, such as help with housing, relationships, finances and employment,
referring to other NHS services, where needed, and
recognising that family may also need help and care and supporting them to access this

LYPFT deliver the Core pathway team across West and South Yorkshire, supporting those veterans who are experiencing a wide range of military experience related mental health needs. Our team also provides psychological intervention and our MDT consists of SMHP’s, Psychological Therapists, Substance Misuse Nurse and Recovery Worker, Peer Support Coordinator and some Medic input.

We need an experienced senior mental health practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist), based within West/South Yorkshire. This may be the ideal post for you.

Op COURAGE offers a range of support and treatment, including:

triage, assessment, stabilisation interventions, social and peer support and psychological therapy.
supporting with intensive emergency care and treatment for veterans in a crisis
helping Veterans to access and engage with other NHS mental health services

You will be required to provide triage and assessment for veterans with mental health needs, as well as providing stabilisation interventions within case management.

You will have excellent communication, organisational and clinical reasoning skills. You will support assessments, psychological formulation, risk management and interventions for veterans, working with the MDT to support them to deliver effective care for veterans.

This is a hybrid post, with some working from base and some working from home.

This post requires extensive travel across the West/South Yorkshire locality with the flexibility to cover for colleagues where necessary.

Our operating hours are 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

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.

You will receive training, support and supervision, with a strong emphasis on personal and professional development. This role is community based and it is essential that you have a full UK driving licence and use of a car.

We recommend contacting the service prior to making an application. For further details or an informal conversation, please contact Amanda Naylor, Service Manager on 07957 561349.