Job summary
Luton and South Bedfordshire Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team are seeking to recruit additional mental health nurses to join the team who are skilled, qualified clinicians.
The CRHTT operates a 24 hours a day, 7 day a week service for service users aged 18 years and above who are experiencing a mental health crisis or requiring support to be discharged from the acute wards. The shifts are 07:45 - 20:15, 09:00 - 21:00, 19:45 - 08:15.
You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team and there is ample opportunity to develop and enhance your existing clinical skills. You will receive regular supervision and there are good training opportunities.
As a member of the team you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis who may require a period of crisis intervention as an alternative to admission. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on own initiative and have sound assessment and written skills.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to be self-motivating with the ability to demonstrate accurate formulations of mental state, risk and need for people in a mental health crisis and take into account medical, social & cultural factors and referring on to other disciplines in the team or other agencies as appropriate within the given timeframes for the service. In particular you will be expected to assess and update risk on each contact and be fully aware of the safeguarding concerns.
The post holder will provide advice on mental health issues and participate in carrying out training programs for clinical teams on the management of a wide variety of mental health problems.
The post holder will be expected to maintain the highest degree of professionalism and service at all times and will work in collaboration with the teams and organisations that come into contact with the service.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to thejob description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information or get in contact with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to thejob description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information or get in contact with us.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- oMentorship qualification (Inc. sign off)
- oEvidence of continual professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- oPost qualification experience in the field of adult and/or older adult
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team
- oExperience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive
- oExperience of supervising staff
- oExtensive and demonstrable experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs of care, particularly in an acute care or older adult community setting
- oEssential and demonstrable experience of writing concise and clear clinical reports
- oExperience of teaching and assessing in specialist mental health adult settings
- oExperience of developing or contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of how to promote the rights, responsibilities and recovery of adults and/or older adults with mental health problems
- oDemonstrate a full understanding of the key issues and priorities relating to the provision of CRHTT services
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding of current legislation and policy pertaining to the provision of mental health services in all settings including the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Human Rights Act 1998, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), HTAS Standards (2017)
- oDemonstrate a thorough knowledge, expertise and practical experience of a full range of therapeutic nursing skills and approaches to people with mental health problems aged 18 years and above
- oDemonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management
- oDemonstrate an awareness and understanding of child and adult protection issues
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding of clinical governance and the provision of evidenced based care
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to implementing the Equal Opportunities policy
- oDemonstrate an understanding of research and audit
Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate well developed and confident professional nursing skills
- oDemonstrate skills in providing effective nursing leadership
- oDemonstrate skills in managing and leading members of a multidisciplinary team to ensure staff are supported in a rapidly changing environment
- oDemonstrate skills in providing structured and focused supervision and consultation
- oDemonstrate skills in managing the performance of staff under their supervision
- oDemonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
- oDemonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- oDemonstrate an ability to make balanced clinical judgments and decisions
- oDemonstrate excellent communication skills incl. verbal, written and, electronic
- oDemonstrate skills in audit and research
- oDemonstrate an ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues from a range of different professional backgrounds and across professional and organisational boundaries
- oDemonstrate a genuine commitment to mental health practice for ages 18 years and over
- oDemonstrate a genuine commitment to providing person centered/individualised care
- oDemonstrate a high level of self-awareness
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- oMentorship qualification (Inc. sign off)
- oEvidence of continual professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- oPost qualification experience in the field of adult and/or older adult
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team
- oExperience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive
- oExperience of supervising staff
- oExtensive and demonstrable experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs of care, particularly in an acute care or older adult community setting
- oEssential and demonstrable experience of writing concise and clear clinical reports
- oExperience of teaching and assessing in specialist mental health adult settings
- oExperience of developing or contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of how to promote the rights, responsibilities and recovery of adults and/or older adults with mental health problems
- oDemonstrate a full understanding of the key issues and priorities relating to the provision of CRHTT services
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding of current legislation and policy pertaining to the provision of mental health services in all settings including the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Human Rights Act 1998, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), HTAS Standards (2017)
- oDemonstrate a thorough knowledge, expertise and practical experience of a full range of therapeutic nursing skills and approaches to people with mental health problems aged 18 years and above
- oDemonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management
- oDemonstrate an awareness and understanding of child and adult protection issues
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding of clinical governance and the provision of evidenced based care
- oDemonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to implementing the Equal Opportunities policy
- oDemonstrate an understanding of research and audit
Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate well developed and confident professional nursing skills
- oDemonstrate skills in providing effective nursing leadership
- oDemonstrate skills in managing and leading members of a multidisciplinary team to ensure staff are supported in a rapidly changing environment
- oDemonstrate skills in providing structured and focused supervision and consultation
- oDemonstrate skills in managing the performance of staff under their supervision
- oDemonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
- oDemonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- oDemonstrate an ability to make balanced clinical judgments and decisions
- oDemonstrate excellent communication skills incl. verbal, written and, electronic
- oDemonstrate skills in audit and research
- oDemonstrate an ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues from a range of different professional backgrounds and across professional and organisational boundaries
- oDemonstrate a genuine commitment to mental health practice for ages 18 years and over
- oDemonstrate a genuine commitment to providing person centered/individualised care
- oDemonstrate a high level of self-awareness
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.
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
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.
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).
