Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Nurse

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Nurse for their Community Recovery Health Team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality mental health care through triaging referrals, conducting assessments, and ensuring best practices for home-based treatment. Candidates should have post-registration experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, alongside essential qualifications. Flexible working patterns are available, promoting a balanced work-life dynamic. This position emphasizes collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team and includes a competitive salary package.

Responsibilities

• Provide a service that is user-focused and responsive 24/7.
• Triage mental health referrals for priority responses.
• Deliver skilled nursing care including full mental health assessments.
• Facilitate early discharge from inpatient wards.
• Collaborate with crisis house for admission care.

Skills

Post-registration experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience in mental health

MDT working

Coordinating inter-agency approaches

Assessing and managing risk

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration

Evidence of continuing professional development

ENB 998 or NMC-approved mentor qualification

Literacy, numeracy and IT Level 2 or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

We know that service users recover quickly at home, and you will be an integral component for ensuring that this is done safely and specifically as an alternative to hospital admission, working alongside the wider MDT.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service that is service‑user focused, accessible and responsive 24/7.
• Triage all mental health referrals to determine priority for response and appropriate clinical pathway.
• Provide and deliver highly skilled nursing care, including a full mental health assessment, care planning and delivery, biopsychosocial interventions, clinical risk assessment and management, and promotion of recovery and inclusion.
• Recommend and refer clients, where treatment is indicated, to the most appropriate team or service.
• Undertake gate‑keeping assessments for inpatient and crisis house admissions.
• Collaborate with the crisis house to lead on care for admissions as a service.
• Facilitate early discharge from inpatient wards where clinically indicated.
• Deliver home‑based treatment interventions for all clients, ensuring best practice is implemented.
• Participate in Mental Health Act assessments where appropriate to consider alternatives to formal hospital admission.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision for junior staff.

Job Details

Position: Band 6 Nurse, CRHT

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working

Date posted: 16 December 2025

Location: Great Oaks, 97 Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN16 2JX

Reference number: 376‑NLTT‑0146‑D

Person Specification

Essential Experience

• Demonstrable post‑registration experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Professional experience in mental health.
• Experience of MDT working.
• Skills in coordinating and planning inter‑agency approaches to mental health care.
• Experience of assessing and managing risk.

Essential Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current professional registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• ENB 998 or other NMC‑approved mentor qualification.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and IT Level 2 or equivalent.

Desirable

• Risk Assessment and Management training.
• Suicide Prevention training.
• Supervision training.

Additional Information

Applications will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check and a current UK professional registration. Sponsorship for skilled worker visas will be considered where relevant.