Senior Crisis Clinician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible and agile working

CPD and career progression support

Regular supervision and reflective-pri

Job summary

This senior clinical post sits in the Crisis Resolution Team of Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which provides urgent mental health care. The work centres on rapid assessments, brief crisis interventions and direct care for people detained under section 136, alongside telephone advice and management of the designated place of safety.

Shifts cover days and waking nights across seven days, including bank holidays, with reduced hours possibly considered.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with mental health specialist training.
• CPD evidence with safety intervention level 2 training.
• Intermediate life support training to be completed.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to informal patients and those detained under section 136 of MHA 1983.
• Complete rapid mental health assessments and identify appropriate care pathways.
• Coordinate and deliver brief crisis interventions.
• Make autonomous decisions on needs and risks in crisis, including high risk situations.
• Manage the designated place of safety and write management plans.
• Gatekeep inpatient beds out of hours and assess informal admissions.
• Triage referrals from police, paramedics, helpline and self-referrals promptly.
• Provide telephone support and advice to patients, carers and professionals.
• Support and guide junior staff and students.

Skills

Mental health expertise

Risk assessment

Team-based care

Education

Registration as mental health professional

Job description

This senior clinical post sits in the Crisis Resolution Team of Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which provides urgent mental health care. The work centres on rapid assessments, brief crisis interventions and direct care for people detained under section 136, alongside telephone advice and management of the designated place of safety. Shifts cover days and waking nights across seven days, including bank holidays, with reduced hours possibly considered. Registered mental health professionals with at least 12 months' experience in the field are needed.

What the job involves

• Provide direct care to informal patients and patients detained under section 136 of MHA 1983
• Complete rapid and comprehensive mental health assessments and identify the most appropriate care pathway, keeping restrictions to the least necessary
• Co-ordinate and deliver brief crisis interventions
• Make autonomous decisions on the needs and risks of people in crisis, including acute relapse, first presentation of severe mental illness and high risk of self-harm and suicide
• Manage the designated place of safety, including patients detained there, identifying risks and writing management plans
• Carry out gatekeeping of inpatient beds out of hours and gatekeeping assessments for informal admissions referred by other trusts
• Triage referrals from police, paramedics, the 24-hour Mental Health Helpline and self-referrals, responding as soon as possible
• Provide telephone support and advice to patients, carers and professionals
• Support and guide junior staff, students, student nurses and paramedics

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered professional with mental health specialist training
• Evidence of CPD, with training to safety intervention level 2 required
• Intermediate life support training to be completed

Experience

• Minimum 12 months' experience working in a mental health setting or service as a registered professional
• Assessment and management of clinical risk
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Managing complex needs and severe mental illness
• Experience working with severe and enduring mental illness, including complex emotional needs

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of relapse prevention skills and interventions
• Principles of risk assessment and management

Nice to have

• Qualification in health at degree level or equivalent
• Teaching or assessing qualification
• Supervision training
• Delivering psychosocial interventions
• Use of clinical assessment measures
• Working in an urgent care or acute community setting
• Supervision of junior staff
• Knowledge of the treatment of mental illness and relapse prevention

What’s offered

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with long service
• NHS pension
• Enhanced pay for unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working
• Maternity, paternity and adoption support
• Staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• CPD and career progression support, with regular supervision and reflective practice