First Responder

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellbeing support

Development opportunities

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking professionals to join the First Response Team focusing on mental health crisis care. Roles include Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker working with a multidisciplinary group to deliver rapid, safe, and recovery-oriented interventions.

The team provides risk and safeguarding support, promotes dignity and choice, and strives for person-centered care throughout the patient’s pathway.

Qualifications

• Provide care and interventions, risk and safety management and safeguarding for patients in crisis.
• Engage in regular supervision with Team Manager/Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Deliver a high standard and quality service promoting independence, dignity, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and interventions, risk and safety management and safeguarding of patients involved with the First Response Service
• Engage in regular supervision with the Team Manager/Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Discuss, reflect and find solutions to challenges experienced in the role
• Deliver high-quality care enabling patients to be supported throughout their care pathway while promoting independence and protecting choice, dignity, privacy and safety
• Collaborate with other allied health professionals in assessment, planning, and evaluation of care and treatment
• Communicate effectively with other services, health care professionals and patient families to ensure holistic care

Skills

Mental health nursing

Occupational therapy

Social work

Job description

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker passionate about making a difference in mental health crisis care? Join our First Response Team at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust!

You’ll provide high-quality, evidence-based interventions, risk and safety management, and safeguarding for patients in crisis. Working collaboratively with allied health professionals, you’ll empower patients and carers, champion dignity and choice, and support recovery-focused care.

Closing Date: 29th November 2026

Shortlisting Date: W/C 30th November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

• To provide care and interventions, risk and safety management and safeguarding of patients involved with the First Response Service
• To engage in regular supervision with the Team Manager/Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Discuss, reflect and find solutions to challenges experienced in the role
• To deliver a high standard and quality service which enables patients to be supported throughout their care pathway whilst promoting independence and protecting choice, dignity, privacy and safety
• To work in support of other allied health care professionals in the assessment, planning, and evaluation of care and treatment
• To communicate effectively at all times with other services of the Care Trust, other health care professionals and with the patient family, carers/visitors to ensure holistic care is delivered

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Iskander Rashid Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07739627886

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Faye Pilling

[e-mail]

Clinical Manager