Crisis Clinician

Tewv; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 34.000 - 44.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Crisis Clinician (Band 6). The role supports an All Age crisis service operating 24/7, including Crisis Assessment, Health Based Place of Safety and Intensive Home Treatment.

You will lead a clinical team, ensure timely assessment and care, and develop treatment plans with patients and carers. The post requires 18 months post-qualifying experience and current registration with a recognised professional body, with CPD

Qualifikationen

• Current professional registration with an approved body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Post‑qualifying teaching/clinical practice qualification (e.g. MIP/FLIP/ENB 998) or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescales.
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship/competency framework.

Aufgaben

• Provide rapid assessment and brief evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Develop, plan and implement brief care and treatment interventions within the Intensive Home Based Treatment pathway.
• Ensure episodes of care are delivered in a timely, integrated manner.
• Promote a recovery model empowering patients, carers and families in decision-making.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments and document within recording systems.
• Act as patient/family advocate and enable management of disability and change.
• Champion patients' rights with dignity, equality and respect.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical supervision

Reporting

Venepuncture

Ausbildung

Current professional registration with a recognised body

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Post-qualifying teaching/clinical practice qualification (MIP/FLIP/ENB 998 or equivalent)

Jobbeschreibung

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Crisis Clinician

The closing date is 24 November 2026

We are looking for caring, compassionate, energetic and motivated individuals who are passionate about improving the mental health of our service users. This is a band 6 post open to Mental Health Nurses, and Allied Health professionals who are currently registered with the NMC, HCPC or SWE.

This is a pivotal role with the acute services pathway as our team is focused on providing evidenced based interventions with the aim to prevent and reduce difficulties experienced by service users and carers during mental health crisis.

The team operates over a 24/7 period providing an All Age Crisis telephone service, Crisis Assessment Service, Health Based Place of Safety and Intensive Home Treatment pathway.

The service can be fast paced, and the ideal applicant will be extremely organised and self-motivated to provide high quality assessment, triage and formulation for service users accessing our service.

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of more junior members of the team, prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met.

You will be well supported, with continuing opportunities for your on-going professional development.

You will be offered a staff induction period, during which you will be supernumerary whilst existing team members support you to share your existing knowledge and skills with the team whilst providing you the opportunity to learn and develop new skills from others.

Main duties of the job

The successful post hold will :

• Provide rapid assessment and brief evidence based clinical interventions
• Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients within the Intensive Home Based Treatment Pathway.
• 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 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.
• When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at the point of application)
• Clinical Supervisor
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
• Post‑graduate qualification in a relevant area.

Skills

• Provide leadership, monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities.
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
• Write reports
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
• Use approved breakaway techniques
• Competency in venepuncture

Experience

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
• Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities
• Leadership or management experience

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust