Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Nurse | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Band 6 Nurse to manage mental health crises, provide urgent triage, and deliver home-based care. The role includes responsibilities like care planning, collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, and supervising junior staff. This position requires a registered nurse qualification and a strong background in mental health nursing.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification required, with a strong understanding of mental health crises.
• Experience in providing clinical leadership and supporting junior staff.
• Ability to work autonomously and deliver high-quality nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent and emergency triage and assessment for mental health crises.
• Work collaboratively with the MDT to ensure safe home treatment.
• Undertake home treatment visits and facilitate early discharge from inpatient settings.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Crisis intervention

Mental health assessment

Care planning

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

We know that service users recover quickly at home, and you will be an integral component for ensuring that this is done in a safe and specific way as an alternative to hospital admission, working alongside the wider MDT. As a Band 6 Nurse in the CRHT, you will be responsible for providing urgent and emergency triage, advice and assessment for people in a mental health crisis. You will also be responsible for undertaking home treatment visits as indicated by the MDT. This will include the provision and delivery of highly skilled nursing care, including care planning and care delivery, biopsychosocial interventions, clinical risk assessment and management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.

You will be required to work autonomously, understand capacity and flow of the service and the organisation, attend MDT meetings, undertake gatekeeping assessments for inpatient admissions and crisis house admissions, work collaboratively with the crisis house to lead on care for admissions as a service and facilitate early discharge from the inpatient wards where clinically indicated. As a Band 6 Nurse in the CRHT, you will also provide clinical leadership and supervision for junior staff.

Responsibilities

• To provide a clinical service that is service user focussed, accessible and responsive on 24-hour, 7-day a week basis.
• To triage all mental health referrals into the Team to determine the priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway.
• To provide and deliver highly skilled nursing care, including full mental health assessment, care planning and care delivery, biopsychosocial interventions, clinical risk assessment and management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.
• To recommend and refer, where treatment is indicated, to the most appropriate team/service.
• To undertake gatekeeping assessments for inpatient admissions and crisis house admissions.
• To work collaboratively with the crisis house to lead on care for admissions as a service.
• To facilitate early discharge from the inpatient wards where clinically indicated.
• To deliver home based treatment interventions for all clients, ensuring best practice is implemented.
• Where appropriate to participate in Mental Health Act assessments so that alternatives to formal hospital admission are considered.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected. We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services. We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more: https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here: https://ptracaccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/docs-employer/340/2515/Main_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025