Current job vacancies

Due to the recent expansion of the rehabilitation and recovery elements of our service, we are seeking a forward-thinking leader to manage two units in the early stages of their development.

We are looking for someone with a vision for empowering people with complex, challenging and long-standing mental health issues, to maintain their dignity and maximise their independence.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to project manage the opening of a new unit (The Cottage).
• Have a professional qualification eg RMN, OT, Social Worker and two year post -registration experience.
• Be able to develop a service that is psychologically-minded, socially-inclusive and recovery-orientated.

For informal enqiries please contact Chris Dawson, Clinical Service Manager, on 10904 420913, or Carmel Cathcart, Clinical Team Leader, on 01904 412551 ext 2016.

Closing date for applications is Friday 17 September.

Job Description - Clinical Team Leader

George Jepson is a gender specific unit for older men, presenting with complex/challenging behaviours of either an organic or functional nature.  It provides person-centred recovery orientated interventions.

The successful candidate will support patients in maintaining activities of daily living, such as helping with meals and supporting engagement and meaningful occupation.  Duties will include participation in education and supervision activities and ensuring that the clinical environment is maintained to the highest standard.

Applicants must have experience of working in a Mental Health environment.

For informal enquiries please contact Liz Jeffreys, Clinical Team Leader, on 01904 412551 ext 2900.

Closing date for application is Friday 10 September.

Job Description - Support Worker

The Retreat is a not-for-profit specialist mental health provider, working with the NHS to provide care for people with complex and challenging needs. We want to develop model services, and believe this is achieved through creating excellent clinical teams that support the people using our services to recover their sense of self and independence. If you are committed to the highest quality of care and service provision, and want to give time and attention to your patients, we would like to hear from you.

The Care and Rehabilitation of Older People post covers our services for people with long-standing mental health problems and people with dementing disorders. We offer a range of services focussed on active recovery and rehabilitation. We are looking to develop these services and to create examples of best practice in the area.

Informal visits and telephone discussions are encouraged. Please contact Helen Wood on 01904 412551 ext 2222 or hwood@theretreatyork.org.uk to arrange this.

Closing date:   3 September 2010        Interview date 23 and 24 September

Covering Letter

Consultant Psychiatrist Information Pack

The Retreat is a not-for-profit specialist mental health provider, working with the NHS to provide care for people with complex and challenging needs. We want to develop model services, and believe this is achieved through creating excellent clinical teams that support the people using our services to recover their sense of self and independence. If you are committed to the highest quality of care and service provision, and want to give time and attention to your patients, we would like to hear from you.

The Neuropsychiatry post is committed to York House, a joint venture between The Retreat and The Disabilities Trust. You will join a well-developed and expert Multi-disciplinary Team, working alongside Neuropsychologists and other disciplines in the rehabilitation of people suffering the neuropsychiatric consequences of Brain Injury.

Informal visits and telephone discussions are encouraged. Please contact Helen Wood on 01904 412551 ext 2222 or hwood@theretreatyork.org.uk to arrange this.

Closing date:   3 September 2010        Interview date 23 and 24 September

Covering Letter

Consultant Psychiatrist Information Pack

This service offers specialist care to older people within four units.  Patients either have organic brain disorder such as dementia; or functional disorder such as psychosis, depression or personality disorder.  The multidisciplinary team is experienced in understanding and resolving complex and challenging behaviours in a dignified manner.  The holistic Biopsychosocial (BPS) approach supports the person to recover a sense of their own identity, optimising their strengths.

For informal enquiries please contact Chris Dawson, Clinical Service Manager (Specialist Older People's Services) on 01904 420913.

Staff Nurse Job Description

If you're an RMN and want to be able to fit work around other commitments or want to experience different environments - we can help. 

The Retreat runs an efficient Bank service to help out our regular nursing staff to cover sickness absence, annual leave, temporary short-staffing or simply extra workload.  Bank staff are a vital and highly valued support to our regular nursing staff and are welcome to join any in-house training, lectures, events etc and may apply for membership of The Retreat's Resource Centre.

Information about working on the nursing bank