Crisis Assessment Practitioner

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in the UK is seeking a Crisis Assessment Practitioner to perform rapid clinical assessments for individuals in mental health crises. The role involves the development of care plans and collaboration with other mental health services. Candidates should have experience in clinical risk assessment and a commitment to empowering patients. This position includes generous professional development opportunities and the chance to work in a respected organization.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Access to training programs

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting clinical risk assessments and mental health evaluations.
• Knowledge of NICE recommended approaches for mental health interventions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide rapid assessment and brief evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Develop, plan and implement brief care and treatment interventions.
• Act as the patients and relatives advocate.
• Ensure timely and effective delivery of individual care episodes.
• Champion patients' rights, including dignity and respect.

Skills

Rapid assessment

Clinical interventions

Care planning

Patient advocacy

Empowerment of patients

Job description

Role Overview

The Crisis Assessment Practitioner role will involve carrying out rapid clinical risk and mental health assessments, formulation, short‑term contingency planning and onward referral for people presenting in mental health crisis in the borough of Lambeth. Assessments typically take place in people’s homes, but can also be conducted at team base or GP surgeries.

The service operates Monday to Friday 9‑5pm currently; there is a proposal to extend working hours to include late evening and weekend cover.

Working within the community, the Crisis Assessment Practitioner will provide face‑to‑face assessments and work closely with other mental health services and agencies across the borough of Lambeth, including stakeholders in the Lambeth Alliance. They will act as a trusted assessor for SLaM and decide on the most appropriate crisis response and treatment pathway for people contacting the Crisis Outreach Service, in collaboration with the Band 7 Advanced Practitioner in the team.

Using a range of NICE recommended approaches, including brief solution‑focused interventions, Crisis Assessment Practitioners in the Crisis Outreach Service will empower patients, carers and their families in decision making and enable access to a range of health and social care resources for support.

Responsibilities

• Provide rapid assessment and brief evidence‑based clinical interventions.
• Develop, plan and implement brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients within the Crisis Outreach Service.
• Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
• Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on the latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
• Act as the patients and relatives advocate.
• Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change.
• Champion patients’ rights, including dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
• Ensure good documentation is provided and entered into the appropriate systems of record sharing.

About the Organisation

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London and are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employs around 5,000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people. We provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; we also deliver substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By working at SLaM, you will gain experience as part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

Contact Information

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Liz McDonnell
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 020 3228 6300