Home Treatment Practitioner

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated health service provider in Doncaster is seeking a Band 5 Home Treatment Practitioner to provide intensive support for individuals with acute mental health needs. This role involves triaging referrals, delivering nursing care, and collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team. The position requires a nursing degree and relevant mental health experience. Shift work is required, offering a balance of work and life.

Benefits

Good work-life balance

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with relevant experience in mental health.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Flexibility to work shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service that is patient focused.
• Triaging all mental health referrals into the team.
• Deliver home-based treatment interventions.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Care planning

Biopsychosocial interventions

Clinical risk assessment and management

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

Band 5 Home Treatment Practitioner, 37.5 hours – 08:00 to 21:30, 365 days a year. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse to join Doncaster intensive Home Treatment Team. The service provides short-term intensive support in the community to individuals with acute mental health needs to prevent hospital admission.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service that is patient focussed, accessible and responsive on a 7-day-a-week basis.
• Triaging all mental health referrals into the Team to determine the priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway.
• 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.
• Recommend and refer, where treatment is indicated, to the most appropriate team/service.
• Work collaboratively 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 patients, ensuring best practice is implemented.

Team and Organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 4000 colleagues who are valued and respected. The Trust has a wide portfolio including mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

About the Role

We provide a service between 08:00 and 21:30 seven days a week and staff are expected to work shift patterns to cover this. Most team members work 3 long shifts to support a good work‑life balance. The team works in partnership with third sector and peer organisations to deliver person-centred crisis care; transparency and openness are vital.

Informal Discussion

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Sue Smith, Team Manager, 03000 211286.

Further Information / How to Apply

We are committed to inclusive cultures and value people in our organisation. The main terms and conditions of service can be found in the NHS Employers Trust Handbook. For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Sue Smith, Job title: Team Manager, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]. Paula Thompson, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]. Our strategy and benefits are described by the Trust website and related materials (strategy 2023-2028, benefits page, and allyship resources).