Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Ware; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Ware is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6 or a Social Worker Band 6. The successful candidate will provide in-reach and support to service users at the new Crisis House. This role involves urgent assessments and intensive community support, requiring mental health experience and effective communication skills. Weekend work may be required, and candidates must be registered with Social Work England or hold a valid NMC Entry Statement. Competitive conditions and a dedicated team await you.

Qualifications

• Must have completed preceptorship and can evidence this.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to manage and progress referrals.

Responsibilities

• Support effective inter-team communication.
• Manage referrals and admissions for CRHTT.
• Conduct urgent assessments of individuals in crisis.
• Allocate tasks or staff based on workload requirements.
• Ensure effective use of medication management.

Skills

Mental health experience

Effective communication

Risk assessment

Team management

Driving

Education

Registered with Social Work England or valid NMC Statement of Entry

Job description

The post holder will support the Team Leader in the development and implementation of a multi‑professional Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Team providing a high‑quality service to meet the needs of people in acute phases of mental illness, and their carers.

The seven‑bedded Crisis house will provide extra support in a community setting for service users from across Hertfordshire. The planned length of stay is for up to 2 weeks and there will be way‑through staff providing 24/7 support and HPFT will have the clinical input of both a Psychologist and Occupational Therapist for part of the week.

The South East CRHTT nurse successful in joining the team will have a role in managing and progressing the referrals into the house and will work with the wider team in supporting the service users under the team's care - with the catch‑ment being from Royston to Bishop's Stortford to Cheshunt and Waltham Cross.

You will undertake urgent assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and, where appropriate, provide intensive community‑based treatment/support services as an alternative to in‑patient admission. The service will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Responsibilities

• Support the Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter‑team and inter‑agency communication.
• Provide effective liaison/communication relating to referral and admission to, and discharge from, the CRHTT across in‑patient and community services.
• Assess clients meeting defined referral criteria as per CRHTT and local Operational Policies.
• Carry out Risk Assessment and Management activities.
• Allocate and re‑allocate tasks or staff on a daily basis to meet organisational and workload requirements, and in response to urgent, unplanned client activity, ensuring that rapid response, assessment and intensive home treatment is a reality.
• Assist the Team Leader in the effective day‑to‑day management of the team, including, e.g., duty rota, time worked and annual leave, thus ensuring appropriate skill mix at all times.
• Must be able to drive a motor vehicle in the performance of CRHTT duties.
• Ensure the effective use of supervising and administering medication and monitoring therapeutic and adverse effects of prescribed medication as per Trust, CRHTT and policies and guidelines; ensure stock medication is maintained as per policy.

Please see JD attached for further information and responsibilities required.

This role will specifically involve travel to other HPFT sites for the purpose of in‑reach to our inpatient wards as needed.

HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children’s and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting.

All applicants must be registered with Social Work England or hold a valid NMC Statement of Entry and should have completed preceptorship and can evidence this.

Application Profile

We are currently seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6 or a Social Worker Band 6 with extensive mental health experience to work within one of our Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Teams via a bank contract, based in Ware for our Acute Mental Health, South East CRHTT Team. You will be joining our temporary staffing team within HPFT – Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a specific role within the wider South East CRHTT to provide in‑reach and support to our new Crisis House. Working with the wider CRHTT colleagues and professions, the post-holder will predominantly work 5 days per week (in 7, so will include weekend working at times) and in‑reach as needed to support service users staying at the Crisis House and our partner agency – who are specialists in mental health support in community settings. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission.

Trust Values

• Welcoming
• Kind
• Positive
• Respectful
• Professional