Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Older
People's Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
They are a dynamic and busy team dedicated to providing high quality,
person centred care in the either the community or inpatient settings.
Please note the expected start date for this position is not before 05/01/2026.
Main duties of the job
The Older Peoples Crisis and Home Treatment Team is
part of the Acute Mental Health Service and ensures effective bed management,
(including the gatekeeping) of all Older Peoples acute beds. The Post Holder will be responsible for the
assessment, implementation and planning of care for the service users who are
referred to the service.
About us
Hello!
We
are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and
well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health
services to the NHS and beyond.
The
whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our
own family to use.
We
offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community
facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults
inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an
outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked
as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies
top 100 large company list.
As
a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also
developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide
training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden
Centre.
Working
at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we
really mean it.
We
like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Come
and Join us !
Please
note: Whilst we value all applications, if we believe an application to be AI
generated, we will use a checking tool and may reject any application that has
been automatically generated.
Should
you require any assistance in completing this application due to a disability
or other needs please contact navigo.recruitment@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder will be
expected to take responsibility for a number of tasks including:
1.Process referrals
prioritise, risk management, risk assessment of clients who are in crisis and
may be displaying high risk behaviours.
2.The Post Holder will be the
first line contact for all mental health at all times to the general Trust and
primary care via the Single Point of Access (SPA).
3.The Post Holder will be
responsible for defining the level of acute mental health crisis and the use of
resources. This includes the decision to
admit a person to either the acute inpatient beds, or Sussex house crisis beds,
processing of general practitioner referrals and urgent Acute Mental Health and
Memory Service referrals.
4.The Post Holder will have to
have an understanding of the relevant policies and their application to related
face to face physical aggression and associated actions, eg COSHH, Infection
Control, exposure to body fluids.
Exposure to both verbal and physical aggression.
5.The Post Holder will be
expected to professionally contribute and/or lead and manage serious untoward
incidents, challenging behaviours, ensuring all parties are de briefed and
supported.
6.The post holder will be
expected to be involved in and implement new and revised policies within their
own sphere of work.
7.Will offer clinical
supervision to junior staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder will be
expected to take responsibility for a number of tasks including:
1.Process referrals
prioritise, risk management, risk assessment of clients who are in crisis and
may be displaying high risk behaviours.
2.The Post Holder will be the
first line contact for all mental health at all times to the general Trust and
primary care via the Single Point of Access (SPA).
3.The Post Holder will be
responsible for defining the level of acute mental health crisis and the use of
resources. This includes the decision to
admit a person to either the acute inpatient beds, or Sussex house crisis beds,
processing of general practitioner referrals and urgent Acute Mental Health and
Memory Service referrals.
4.The Post Holder will have to
have an understanding of the relevant policies and their application to related
face to face physical aggression and associated actions, eg COSHH, Infection
Control, exposure to body fluids.
Exposure to both verbal and physical aggression.
5.The Post Holder will be
expected to professionally contribute and/or lead and manage serious untoward
incidents, challenging behaviours, ensuring all parties are de briefed and
supported.
6.The post holder will be
expected to be involved in and implement new and revised policies within their
own sphere of work.
7.Will offer clinical
supervision to junior staff.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of issues involved in the treatment of mental illness for older people and relapse prevention
- Broad knowledge of risk assessments
Desirable
- Knowledge of the principles of nurse prescribing and the use of service users group directives/protocols
- Can demonstrate experience in audit and research
Qualifications
Essential
- A current professional qualification (RMN, Social worker, Occupational Therapy)
- Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership in a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Evidence of post graduate training / studies
Desirable
- Post qualification award in health/social care at degree or equivalent level
- D32/33 or ENB998 (equivalent)
- Clinical Supervision Training
- Nurse prescribing
- Degree level study
- AMHPs trained/willingness to undertake training
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Skills
- Proven and advanced skills in the following areas:
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Approaches to risk assessment
- Communication and liaison with a range of others
- Management and change management
- Clinical decision making
- Working at a fast pace
- Personal qualities -
- Team Worker
- Determination
- Flexibility
- Positive attitude to change
- Able to work across organisational boundaries
- Interests and Motivation
- Strong team player
- Self-motivated
- Able to use initiative
- Committed to developing and improving mental health services
Desirable
- Evidence of a commitment to user/carer involvement
Experience
Essential
- Three years post-registration, 1 year of which at a senior level
- Experience of working with clients with mental health problems of a severe and enduring nature
- Knowledge of relapse prevention
- IT Literacy
Desirable
- Psychosocial interventions
- Use of clinical assessment measures
- First Aid training
- Leadership
- Working with older people with mental health problems
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of issues involved in the treatment of mental illness for older people and relapse prevention
- Broad knowledge of risk assessments
Desirable
- Knowledge of the principles of nurse prescribing and the use of service users group directives/protocols
- Can demonstrate experience in audit and research
Qualifications
Essential
- A current professional qualification (RMN, Social worker, Occupational Therapy)
- Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership in a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Evidence of post graduate training / studies
Desirable
- Post qualification award in health/social care at degree or equivalent level
- D32/33 or ENB998 (equivalent)
- Clinical Supervision Training
- Nurse prescribing
- Degree level study
- AMHPs trained/willingness to undertake training
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Skills
- Proven and advanced skills in the following areas:
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Approaches to risk assessment
- Communication and liaison with a range of others
- Management and change management
- Clinical decision making
- Working at a fast pace
- Personal qualities -
- Team Worker
- Determination
- Flexibility
- Positive attitude to change
- Able to work across organisational boundaries
- Interests and Motivation
- Strong team player
- Self-motivated
- Able to use initiative
- Committed to developing and improving mental health services
Desirable
- Evidence of a commitment to user/carer involvement
Experience
Essential
- Three years post-registration, 1 year of which at a senior level
- Experience of working with clients with mental health problems of a severe and enduring nature
- Knowledge of relapse prevention
- IT Literacy
Desirable
- Psychosocial interventions
- Use of clinical assessment measures
- First Aid training
- Leadership
- Working with older people with mental health problems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
