Job summary
The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team in Southampton are truly multidisciplinary with practitioners from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
As a team, we support individuals with acute mental health needs requiring intensive input to remain in the community. The team also works collaboratively with our colleagues on the wards at Antelope House to help reduce the amount of time patients remain in hospital by offering support via hospital at home.
Our service provides a variety or clinical interventions to collaboratively tailor our care plans to each individual service user. These include psychological interventions, medication support, prescribing, access to group work and cares support.
We are a forward thinking and innovate team with a passion for Quality Improvement. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for new ways of working and the exciting development of new technology and remote ways of working such a video consultations.
If you would like to join us we are looking for enthusiastic, grounded, yet innovative mental health practitioners either from a background in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy who are committed to the principles of recovery. The team offers a 24 hour service with the expectation of working a flexible shift pattern, which includes every other weekend.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Practitioner in the team you will have a key function in assessing service users as they present in crisis and require an urgent response. Working with them to formulate a collaborative care or safety plan to aid there recovery and keep them safe. You will be integral to delivering a range of high quality interventions and undertaking the role of shift coordination.
You will need robust assessment skills to enable the team to deliver high quality crisis care. Excellent communication skills are also essential to enable you to be a role model for others, as well as positively representing the team and the organization as a whole.
You must also be able to liaise effectively with other services, both internal and external to The Trust, retaining service user focus at the heart of any clinical decision making to ensure the best outcome.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
- Computer skills
- Significant post qualifying experience
- Mentorship course
- Clinical supervision training
Desirable
- Speciality specific Level 3 learning*
- Knowledge of another language
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding
- Good facilitation skills
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy)
- Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks
- Ability to motivate service users
- Ability to work autonomously
- Provide clinical supervision
- Experience of mentorship in practice
- Working knowledge of the application of the appropriate professional Code of Conduct
- Management of aggression and manual handling training
Desirable
- Able to co-facilitate group work
- Evidence of effective team working and leadership skills
- Evidence of experience in education of nurses and
- or multi-professional groups
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of team working
- Able to contribute to team discussion and be respectful of others' views.
- Honest and trustworthy
- Aware of personal and professional boundaries
- Respect for service users
- An understanding of the importance of service user involvement in their own care and care plan
- Able to attend a five day full time induction programme.
- Able to attend and participate in all statutory training events to continue professional development, including manual handling and prevention & management of aggression
- Access to vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Confident, respectful, self reliant, aware of personal boundaries, resourceful, imaginative, enthusiastic, adaptable, affable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
- Computer skills
- Significant post qualifying experience
- Mentorship course
- Clinical supervision training
Desirable
- Speciality specific Level 3 learning*
- Knowledge of another language
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding
- Good facilitation skills
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy)
- Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks
- Ability to motivate service users
- Ability to work autonomously
- Provide clinical supervision
- Experience of mentorship in practice
- Working knowledge of the application of the appropriate professional Code of Conduct
- Management of aggression and manual handling training
Desirable
- Able to co-facilitate group work
- Evidence of effective team working and leadership skills
- Evidence of experience in education of nurses and
- or multi-professional groups
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of team working
- Able to contribute to team discussion and be respectful of others' views.
- Honest and trustworthy
- Aware of personal and professional boundaries
- Respect for service users
- An understanding of the importance of service user involvement in their own care and care plan
- Able to attend a five day full time induction programme.
- Able to attend and participate in all statutory training events to continue professional development, including manual handling and prevention & management of aggression
- Access to vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Confident, respectful, self reliant, aware of personal boundaries, resourceful, imaginative, enthusiastic, adaptable, affable
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).
