Senior CRISS Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS) is a dynamic and flexible service which offers 24/7 crisis assessments and home-based treatment for working age adults across the city. The service is currently under a period of development to bring together both sides of the service in localities across the city and in line with Core Fidelity standards. Were looking for skilled senior practitioners who can help shape the service going forward.

Communicates in an effective manner with all service users and carers, ensuring use of additional services where required, e.g translation services, communication aids, visual aids.

To provide advice, support and information to service users, other professionals and carers.

Promotes effective team working to provide high quality care through effective communication and liaison.

Ensure effective communication with the team and more senior team members during the planning, implementation and evaluations of care

Liaise with other agencies, providers, service users/carers during the planning, implementation and evaluation of care as appropriate to the role. To establish and maintain close and effective relationships with inpatient and CMHT colleagues.

Maintains effective communication and liaison systems which ensures the accurate and timely distribution and receipt of information (on a shift by shift basis) and is able to delegate responsibilities and duties where necessary.

. Manages and makes judgements regarding clinical work on a day to day basis, and is able to effectively coordinate a shift as appropriate

Is aware of the limitations of their own role and utilises senior support and advice systems (including 24hr management advice structure) as required. May provide clinical supervision to colleagues if approached

Attend local team and clinical meetings as required. Attend care group meetings as required and provide feedback as appropriate.

Participate in managerial supervision and participate in appraisals with an identified supervisor.

. To provide clinical and managerial supervision, appraisal and other staff developmental work for junior staff and to act as named line manager for staff as required

To adhere to all professional and Trust policies including the reporting of Trust incidents, complaints procedure and information governance.

In the role of senior clinician to assist and support staff from other areas with verbal and non-verbal complaints in a timely and effective manner, communicating outcomes to relevant parties, including mediating between the relevant parties.

Adhere to the Lone Working policy as appropriate

Actively promote and support a client centred approach to care, founded in a philosophy of service user involvement.

Develop and follow integrated Care Plans and document Safety Plan with individual clients and their family and carers, ensuring that the service user, and where appropriate carer, has an up to date copy of their plans.

. Post holder will be involved in the risk assessment of individuals (in conjunction with other members of the team, service users and their carers). They will ensure appropriate plans of action are in place to manage identified risks

Will maintain and produce detailed contemporaneous and accurate records and reports, in accordance with agreed procedures. Will possess IT literacy skills and have the ability to work with electronic care records.

To use professional judgement and exercise professional accountability in all aspects of clinical practice.

. The post holder will abide by their professional Codes of Practice and work in accordance with Trust policy and procedures

Band 6 practitioners also provide leadership, management, and supervision / appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and often lead / coordinate / supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.

In some roles specialist skills and knowledge may be required. Band 6 practitioners will often have designated areas of practice to lead within the team.

Band 6 practitioners will be required to regularly take charge of a team and to delegate and supervise the work of other staff.

Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the Six Cs namely care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment

Practitioners will be expected to work shifts over 24/7 pattern.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Have a recognized professional qualification

Experience

Essential

• Post Registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems.
• Can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans/care plans for people in an acute mental health crisis.

Skills

Essential

• Assessment and problems solving skills particularly in the area of crisis assessment and treatment.
• Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.
• It is essential that applicants hold a full driver's license and have access to vehicle for work purposes.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

CRISS East

Leeds

LS7 3JX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)