Job summary
Band 6 - Crisis Team Clinical Specialist
We have a number of exciting opportunities available in our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team in the vibrant and diverse inner London borough of Islington.
Our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and integrated Crisis Single Point of Access provides a vital service to those experiencing mental ill health. The team provide intensive support to adults experiencing a mental health crisis within their own communities as an alternative to hospital admission. We operate 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
If you are a nurse, or OT and have experience working in an acute or community mental health setting and are looking for that exciting next move in your career do drop us a line to find out more.
If you are newly qualified and think you may be up for the challenge of starting your career as a crisis team clinical practitioner, then we would love to hear from you too! We would also welcome applicants who want to work part time hours and can consider secondment opportunities.
Main duties of the job
By working in amultidisciplinaryCRHTT you will develop strong leadership and dynamic risk assessment & clinical management skills . You will contribute to the effectivemanagement of service users across a shared caseload and formulateappropriate specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans; providing highly skilled and specialist interventions and care to service users with acute mental health problems.
You will provide direct care to service users with acute mental health problems in their homes and community settings. and ensure thatsafe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to governance and audit within the team, ensuring that team members are supported and developed to their potential and that new team members are comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team. You will regularly take a lead in organising the shift for the team and provide clinical supervision and support to junior staff.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have the opportunity to work across the different aspects of the CRHTT service which includes:
Crisis Hub
A 24/7 telephone service offering support, advice and signposting for people in crisis as well as triaging referrals and booking in face to face CRHTT assessments.
Assessments
Undertaking holistic assessments of people in crisis and deciding on collaborative treatment plans as an alternative to acute inpatient care or signposting to appropriate other community or third sector services.
Home Treatment Team
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality person-centred care. You will be using and offered training around the use of CBT/DBT, de-escalation techniques, managing risks, brief supportive counselling skills to work towards shared treatment goals with the service user within their social system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have the opportunity to work across the different aspects of the CRHTT service which includes:
Crisis Hub
A 24/7 telephone service offering support, advice and signposting for people in crisis as well as triaging referrals and booking in face to face CRHTT assessments.
Assessments
Undertaking holistic assessments of people in crisis and deciding on collaborative treatment plans as an alternative to acute inpatient care or signposting to appropriate other community or third sector services.
Home Treatment Team
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality person-centred care. You will be using and offered training around the use of CBT/DBT, de-escalation techniques, managing risks, brief supportive counselling skills to work towards shared treatment goals with the service user within their social system.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Professional Registration ie RMN, OT, Social Worker
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development eg mentorship training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of acute mental health service user care
- Evidence of managing / supervising others
Desirable
- Experience working in a crisis resolution and home treatment team
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- ICT literate
- Ability to work as a team and work autonomously. maintaining boundaries
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of causes of mental illness, mental health law, assessment tools, risk assessment, understanding of own role, needs and difficulties of people with complex mental health needs and/or substance misuse. Awareness of research.
- Knowledge of care planning, group work, equal opportunity and diversity.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Professional Registration ie RMN, OT, Social Worker
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development eg mentorship training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of acute mental health service user care
- Evidence of managing / supervising others
Desirable
- Experience working in a crisis resolution and home treatment team
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- ICT literate
- Ability to work as a team and work autonomously. maintaining boundaries
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of causes of mental illness, mental health law, assessment tools, risk assessment, understanding of own role, needs and difficulties of people with complex mental health needs and/or substance misuse. Awareness of research.
- Knowledge of care planning, group work, equal opportunity and diversity.
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).
