The role emphasises a trauma-informed approach and offers extensive training opportunities, including specialized group work and career development paths. The successful candidate will engage in collaborative efforts with various agencies to deliver quality care while ensuring safe practices within a supportive environment. Applications are welcomed from Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapists who are passionate about improving the lives of those affected by addiction and mental health challenges.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust has a national and international reputation in Addiction and Co-Occurring Mental Health Alcohol and Drugs (COMHAD) treatment. The COMHAD team, as part of Addictions Plus, LYPFT, works alongside other partners that make up Forward Leeds, a CQC outstanding rated organisation.
Following OHID (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) investment and expansion of the service an exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 Specialist COMHAD Practitioners to join our multi-disciplinary team. You will be joining a diverse and skilled team that consists of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Consultant Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Midwives.
The job role will include providing specialist addiction treatment, including psychosocial and pharmacological interventions, harm reduction, & risk management to service users with co-existing mental health and/or pregnancy needs. The LYPFT team is trauma-informed and offers a formulation driven, psychological model.
The successful candidate will hold a caseload as well as delivering psychosocial interventions to service users and consultancy to support the wider service. Excellent training from both Forward Leeds and LYPFT, supervision in a variety of forms and support from an experienced team will be offered.
There are excellent specialist training opportunities such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a focus on career development. The successful candidate will also have opportunities to facilitate specialist psychosocial group work and an involvement with service development.
We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of those struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health issues and/or pregnancy, we would love to hear from you.
About us
-Liaising with other teams within and external to Forward Leeds, other professionals, statutory and non-statutory bodies. To work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.-To develop and maintain excellent links with other agencies so as to ensure effective quality care for service users.-Able to Communicate with service users who may be distressed and who may, on occasion, present with challenging behavior.- Advise healthcare professionals on the management of patients with co-existing physical health an substance misuse problems.- To ensure safe practice and ensure that the service is effective and safe for service users, staff and visitors.- To use clinical and line management supervision, as well as ad-hoc supervision if and when required, supporting decision making and managing complex situations.- To report incidents in a timely manner using the Hub reporting system in line with Forward Leeds and Trust policies.- Provide specialist clinical expertise with the provisions of assessments, care planning evaluation, risk assessment and follow up to patients.- Manage a caseload and also deliver psychosocial interventions to service users within the wider service.- Deliver a range of evidence led psychosocial interventions and support pharmacotherapy as appropriate with support from senior staff.- Perform physical health checks and interventions such as venepuncture, immunisation, wound care, urinE sampling.-Participate in clinical supervision based on video recording of practice.
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