CRISS Practitioner

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS foundation trust is seeking dedicated practitioners to join their Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service in Leeds. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team, providing essential mental health support to adults in crisis. You will engage in assessments, care planning, and psychological interventions, playing a vital role in promoting recovery and inclusion. With a focus on professional development and a commitment to high-quality care, this position is perfect for those who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. Join a team that values empathy and integrity, and contribute to the well-being of the community.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience with adults facing acute mental health issues.
• Skills in crisis assessment and treatment formulation.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent assessments and care planning for service users.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team for effective support.

Skills

Crisis Assessment

Care Planning

Psychological Interventions

Risk Assessment

Multi-disciplinary Teamwork

Education

Recognised Professional Qualification

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Main area: Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service

Grade: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 173-68724-ACUTE

Site: St Mary’s House

Town: Leeds

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

The Crisis resolution and Intensive Support Service is a dynamic and flexible service which offers a true alternative to inpatient admission over 24 hours, meeting the acute needs of working age adults across the city. We are seeking to recruit dynamic and positive practitioners to support in the service.

We’re looking to recruit permanent band 5 qualified practitioners to join the Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service. You will have a permanent base in one area but will be expected to work citywide across the bases dependent on clinical needs. This permanent base is subject to change depending on skill mix and clinical capacity.

The successful Occupational Therapists/Mental health nurse or social worker will work with a range of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing triage, assessment and interventions to support recovery and inclusion. This will include the provision of highly skilled assessments, psychological interventions, safety planning, and contributing to formulations.

Main duties of the job

• Work with a shared caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide same day/urgent assessment, care planning, care delivery, and conducting telephone triages under the supervision of a more senior nurse.
• Provide highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments/risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.
• Complete assessments alongside a band 6 practitioner for decision-making purposes and assess risk for those potentially unknown to services.
• Work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting transitions for service users to community services.
• Receive supervision from Band 6 and Band 7 practitioners and participate in regular clinical and management supervision.
• Support professional development to reach potential in this exciting role.

Working for our organisation

We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country. We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Have a recognised professional qualification.

Experience

• Post Registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems.
• Assessment and problem-solving skills particularly in the area of crisis assessment and treatment.
• Experience in formulating crisis plans/care plans for people in an acute mental health crisis.
• Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.