Registered Nurse Mental Health- Crisis Intervention Team Older People

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Humber Youth Action Group is seeking a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to join the Crisis Intervention Team for Older People. You will support adults 65+ in acute crises with home-based treatment, assessments, and short-term interventions, contributing to a multidisciplinary team and ongoing development.

You will participate in supervision and family collaborations, ensuring safe care and timely reviews within a trusted NHS-style pathway.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
• Full understanding of policy, legislation and clinical practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Carry out timely mental health assessments and identify risks for adults aged 65+ with acute crises.
• Deliver short-term, intensive home-based interventions to stabilise mental state and promote recovery.
• Provide therapeutic support, administer medication, monitor health, and adapt to changing needs.
• Contribute to care planning, maintain accurate documentation, and participate in daily reviews and handovers.
• Work via regular home visits and a 24/7 rota including evenings, nights and weekends.

Skills

Ethical values

Trust policies

Education

NMC live registration Part III/13

Post-registration/graduate diploma

Policy and legislation knowledge

Job description

Registered Nurse Mental Health- Crisis Intervention Team Older People

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse to join the Crisis Intervention Team Older People, and we also welcome applications from nurses in preceptorship or soon to qualify.

We are a 24/7 specialist Older Adult Crisis and Home-Based Treatment service supporting adults aged 65 and above, along with their families and carers, across Hull and East Riding who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. The team provides crisis assessments, home-based treatment, gatekeeping for inpatient admissions, the Acute Community Service and will soon expand to include 4 Community Crisis Beds based at Hawthrone Court in Beverley. The work is varied, fast paced, and offers rich clinical experience.

We work closely with Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Humberside Police, primary and secondary care, and voluntary sector partners, as well as collaboratively with families and carers. We are seeking proactive, confident, and adaptable individuals with experience of supporting people with mental health difficulties and complex needs. As an active member of the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to high-quality, person-centred care and the ongoing development of the service.

We are committed to supervision, learning, and professional development. You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision through supportive forums to ensure you have the guidance and development needed for the role.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Crisis Intervention Team for Older People, you will carry out timely mental health assessments, identify risks, and support individuals experiencing acute mental health crises. You will deliver short-term, intensive home-based interventions aimed at stabilising mental state, preventing hospital admission, and promoting recovery. This includes providing therapeutic support, administering medication, monitoring mental and physical health, and responding flexibly to rapidly changing needs.

You will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, families, carers, and partner agencies to ensure coordinated, person-centred care. You will contribute to care planning, maintain accurate clinical documentation, and participate in daily reviews and handovers. The role involves regular home visits, rapid response to urgent referrals, and participation in a 24/7 rota including evenings, nights, and weekends.

You will engage in supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development, while supporting service improvement and upholding trust values in all aspects of care.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Part III or 13 of NMC live register
• Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• Basic IT skills
• oEvidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level

Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development

Skills and Compentencies

• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.