Crisis Team Senior Practitioner

NHS; Halifax; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is looking for a Crisis Team Senior Practitioner to join their team. The role involves assessments, care planning, and multi-disciplinary collaboration to deliver mental health care. Candidates must have RMN registration and a current driving license. Applicants will benefit from structured support and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Ability to work shifts covering a 24/7 service including on-calls.
• Experience of supporting and supervising colleagues.
• Proven ability in assessing complex mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled interventions to individuals with mental health issues.
• Lead the Intensive Home Based Treatment Team.
• Coordinate shifts and manage triage on an allocated shift basis.

Skills

Assessment and care planning skills

Risk assessment and management

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Autonomy

Education

RMN Current NMC registration

Social Worker/Occupational Therapist current HCPC registration

Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate

Job description

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Crisis Team Senior Practitioner

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Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for assessments, riskmanagement, care-planning, and co-ordination of care delivery within a teamapproach.

You should be forward thinking, proactive and it isessential that you are willing to work flexibly as part of a 7-day weekservice, which includes shifts and working weekends and nights. The ability to form effective workingrelationships with fellow professionals, your team colleagues and service usersis an essential requirement of the job and its a key requirement that youbring compassion to the role as the team engage with people in their dailylives.

The team provide treatment of acutely unwell patients in their own homes as an alternative to hospital admission and gatekeep service users to determine if admission is required. We also coordinate assessment and care for people detained under section 136 MHA in the locality.

Acar driver and access to a car is essential to this post. A period of inductionwill be available for the successful candidate.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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Main duties of the job

The trust and Team value carers and the support they provide to service users and have previously been finalists in the trust excellence awards for our dedication to carers. You will be expected to embrace this approach in your work and promote the co-production of care, involving carers whenever possible and ensuring that they are supported with their role.

You would be joining a professional supportive team and benefit from structured supervision, in house reflective practice groups and special interest groups which promote new ideas and learning for the team.

Triage and assessment ofreferrals into the service, liaising frequently with partner agencies and widerprofessionals.

Deliver community and hospitalbased urgent assessments and intensive home based treatment.

Coordinate shifts as triage onan allocated shift basis.

Coordinate 136 referrals on anallocated shift basis.

Contribute to bed managementout of working hours

In reach to acute wards tosupport timely safe discharges.

Delivering safe effective careregarding the teams two crisis beds.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet theminimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates towork in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

The individual has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health problems in the community. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as part of the Intensive Home Based Treatment Team and in the role of Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the Mental Health Liaison Service (if applicable to the business continuity of services).

Management of team caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.

Provision of leadership to the Intensive Home Based Treatment Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and their carers in line with national and local practice standards e.g. NICE.

Supervision and support of other team members.

Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.

Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.

Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.

Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.

Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.

Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and well-being and to prevent illness.

Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the person and initiates action that may be required.

Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the persons care in both hospital and community.

Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with IHBT team operational Policy and participates in the team 24 hour duty rota including on call system (if applicable to the business continuity of the service).

Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.

Responsible for acting up in the absence of the team leader.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work shifts covering a 24 hours/7 day week servicing including on-calls. (if applicable to the service).
• Time management.
• Self-direction.
• Reliability, enthusiasm, motivation, flexible resourcefulness, adaptable.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• Autonomy.
• Diplomacy.

Training

• Assessment and care planning skills.
• Risk assessment and risk management.
• Relevant post-registration qualifications and / or training.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Successful completion of venepuncture course and able to demonstrate competence.

Physical Attributes

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Special Knowledge & Skills

• Working knowledge of recent government legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Health & Safety, Care Programme Approach.
• Able to work incorporating principles of Clinical Governance.
• Proven skills in partnership working with people who use services and their carers.
• Shows awareness of equality and diversity and is able to incorporate this into care planning and the delivery of care. Ability to act up in the absence of the team manager.
• Knowledge of using IT systems to record clinical activity.
• Knowledge of audit processes.
• Knowledge of carer services/ issues.
• Proven activity in audit.
• Knowledge and skills in specialist areas such as dual diagnosis, peri-natal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

Experience

• Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing people experiencing complex mental health problems.
• Experience of supporting and supervising colleagues/students/trainees.
• Experience of using IT systems to support, record and monitor clinical activity.
• Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
• Proven ability in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers Experience of delivering a range of therapeutic interventions.
• Working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment and co-working with other teams and professions within team meetings, case conferences and professional meetings.
• Ability to support colleagues with day-to-day caseload management including prioritisation of responsibilities in times of high clinical demand.
• Ability to promote and develop links with other professionals for e.g practitioners within long term conditions, primary care.
• Evidence of knowledge and application in practice of national guidance and standards, e.g. NICE, CQC, CQUINs.
• Experience of working holistically with older adults in a bio psycho-social model of care with emphasis on physical ill health that impacts on mental wellbeing.
• Experience of working in a crisis/resolution model.

Qualifications

• RMN Current NMC registration .
• Social Worker/Occupational Therapist-current HCPC registration.
• Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
• Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate.

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.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust