Consultant Psychiatrist - Crisis Assessment Unit & Police Pathways Service (S136 Suite & Street Triage) Location: Crisis Assessment Unit & Police Pathways Service (S136 Suite & Street Triage), Becklin Centre, LeedsContract: Permanent (Fixed-term 12-month applications also welcome)
About the RoleThe post holder will work alongside three Consultant Psychiatrists as part of the CRISS Team. While contributing to the overall clinical leadership of the wider Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service (CRISS), the primary focus of the role will be on providing medical leadership and input to the CAU and Police Pathways services located at the Becklin Centre.
The CAU and Police Pathways Service arm of Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service provides Section 136 assessments, brief CAU admissions and the support of the Street Triage Team. Community crisis assessments and home-based treatment are provided through the 3 CRISS localities (East, South and West) of the wider CRISS service. The successful applicant will be based at the Becklin Centre, with the majority of their clinical work delivered from this hub alongside colleagues in the Crisis Assessment Unit (CAU), Section 136 Suite, and Street Triage teams.
Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives and which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice, and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.
The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:
Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services
As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide. Further information can be found here
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.
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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.