Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis & Home Treatment Team

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist? Are you looking for a challenge and do you want to make a difference to the service users that we care for? If you answered yes to these questions, we have a role suited to you.

The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team are looking to recruit compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious individuals who want to make a positive difference to adults experiencing mental distress and mental health crisis.

This role is to work across the crisis support pathway based at Woodlands , Ipswich Hospital.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team providing care, treatment, and assessment to patients both at base and in their own homes.

Main duties of the job

The CRHT team are very proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in East Suffolk who present in crisis and persons needing intensive support to avoid hospital admission.

We are - the 'front-door' to acute services, providing triage, assessment, intensive support, and alternative to admissionhand in hand with support of families and 3rdparty providers.

The staffing teams also works with service users already in hospital to ensure that they can be supported at home at the earliest opportunity to support their recovery.

CRHT delivers patient care twenty-four hours a day. Shift working is in place to ensure this service is delivered.

There is an expectation that you will have the ability to clinically lead care delivery and will be proficient in clinical care including care / discharge planning, risk assessment, admission prevention, environmental health & safety, Mental Health Act work and physical health care.

We are looking for professionals who want to be involved in assessments and home treatment for people in crisis. CRHT is an age inclusive service.

About us

Communication is key, we are working towards a model of co-production within CRHT and are in the midst of significant change and growth.

We are therefore looking for someone who can communicate in a professional manner with a wide spectrum of people to achieve the best outcome for our service users and their families/supporters.

We are looking for someone who has exceptional people skills as this role requires you to make difficult decisions whilst having to maintain professional relationships.

If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our dedicated team! Wehave several pathways for staff developmentand career progression.

Date posted

13 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year gross per annum / pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

246-ESU4560240

Job locations

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

In return for your individual skills and knowledge, we are fully committed to assisting you to meet your professional development needs and enabling you to provide high standards of care, in a supportive environment.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In return for your individual skills and knowledge, we are fully committed to assisting you to meet your professional development needs and enabling you to provide high standards of care, in a supportive environment.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Nursing Degree, Occupational Therapy Degree or Social Worker Degree

Desirable

  • Higher degree or post grad certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective risk assesment and risk management experience
  • Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience

Skills

Essential

  • Satisfactory verbal and written language skills
  • Competent assessment skills

Desirable

  • Ability to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Nursing Degree, Occupational Therapy Degree or Social Worker Degree

Desirable

  • Higher degree or post grad certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective risk assesment and risk management experience
  • Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience

Skills

Essential

  • Satisfactory verbal and written language skills
  • Competent assessment skills

Desirable

  • Ability to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

CTL

Warren Beeson

warren.beeson@nsft.nhs.uk

01473891700

Date posted

13 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year gross per annum / pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

246-ESU4560240

Job locations

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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