Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Norwich seeks a Senior Crisis Care Practitioner to support a 24/7 mental health helpline. Responsibilities include answering calls, triaging assessments, and supporting individuals through crisis. Ideal candidates should possess a nursing degree or equivalent and experience in mental health practice. This role offers training and development opportunities in a dynamic environment, with a gross salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent required.
• Experience in service development necessary.
• Knowledge of mental health practices essential.

Responsibilities

• Answer calls and triage assessments over the phone.
• Document referrals and notes accurately.
• Support service users through crisis.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent

Higher degree in clinical/therapeutic practice

Job description

Are you looking for a challenging, rewarding opportunity? The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option Team (formerly known as First Response Service) is developing and growing. We are recruiting Band 6 Senior Crisis Care Practitioners to support our helpline from our Norwich base.

The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option Team is a helpline for people of all ages in Norfolk who need urgent mental health support. Our dedicated helpline is available 24 hours a day, every day and we are looking for dedicated caring, compassionate individuals to join the team. The Norfolk 111 Mental Health Option service provides a 24/7 crisis telephone line, giving support, advice and assessment in a compassionate, patient and recovery focused way.

You'll be joining a team with experience gained from a range of different settings, working in a supportive and encouraging environment.

Our shifts are typically 7am - 7pm, 8am - 8pm, 1pm - 1am and 8pm - 8am.

We are committed to developing people professionally and are keen to support individuals who are looking to take their first step into a more senior role. This is an opportunity to grow your management skills, take on responsibilities and help us shape and grown our service. No two days will be the same, but they will include elements of working within an MDT team, providing telephone triage assessments and supporting and guiding service users through crisis in our contact centre based at Weavers Centre, Hellesdon Hospital.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Crisis Care Practitioner you can expect to be:

• Answering calls from Service Users and professionals
• Triaging and assessing over the phone
• Safety Planning
• Documentation of the above including referrals, notes and referrals to other teams
• Liaison with other professionals and teams
• On occasion, creating formulations and plans for our regular callers
• Taking lead/champion subjects such as: Learning Disability, Youth, Drug & Alcohol, Perinatal, etc. (Within that is opportunity for training, sharing knowledge with the team, attending conferences or meetings)
• Shadowing other teams where appropriate/possible
• Brief intervention over the phone where appropriate
• Quality Improvement

You will also have the opportunity to co-coordinate shifts, provide clinical oversight and support to practitioners, supporting with teaching and training opportunities, leading on staff development and being a visible role model that echoes the values of the trust and the vision of the service.

When you join us, you can expect a robust training and induction package with ongoing support. You will have a supernumerary period and an allocated mentor to train and support you.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for people who see challenges as opportunities and will have the ability to influence, inspire and energise others, as well as work with peoples strengths to make an all-round better working environment.

We would welcome informal visits or phone calls, please do not hesitate to contact to arrange!

For full details of your responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or Equivalent Mentorship qualification or ENB 998 Ongoing professional development working towards degree level Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
• Experience in supporting service development

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
• Experience in supporting service development

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearGross per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

246-CEN7441404

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