Senior Practitioner

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sheffield seeks a Senior Practitioner for its Home Treatment Team. The role involves providing clinical and managerial leadership in a fast-paced crisis network, supporting adults experiencing acute mental health crises with intensive home-based care. Ideal candidates will have strong gatekeeping skills and team leadership experience. The position requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute mental health crisis intervention.
• Leadership and clinical expertise in a team setting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and managerial leadership within the service.
• Utilize gatekeeping skills for acute mental health intervention.
• Support and supervise team members as a senior practitioner.

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a challenging new role? Do you have a desire to work within a fast-paced crisis network? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Practitioner to join the Home Treatment Team service. The Sheffield Home Treatment Team are pivotal for our recent transformation supporting our service users in the community and gatekeeping the bedded units. The new post holder will play an important and integral role in operationalising the new model of service. The Home Treatment team is a 7 day service including Bank Holidays, which is split geographically into 4 sectors inline with the PCMHT and CMHT. The post holder shall work closely with 3 other senior practitioners to provide leadership, clinical expertise and supervisory support and provide cross cover as required. The HTT supports people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis by providing intensive support in their own home as an alternative to hospital admission. The HTT approach is both step down and step up.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and in discussion with the manager the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the Banding of the post. The job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical/practice overview and input into the team. The post holder will provide a senior clinical and day to day managerial leadership role within the service. The post holder will be an integral part of the leadership/ management structure, developing practice, practitioners & team functioning.
• Utilising gatekeeping skills and least restrictive practice, HTT provide acute mental health intervention to service users in Sheffield, primarily supporting people aged 18 and over. The MDT comprises of Psychiatrists, ANPs, Nurses, Support Workers and other professionals.
• Work with 3 other senior practitioners to provide leadership, clinical expertise and supervisory support and provide cross cover as required.
• The Home Treatment Team is a 7 day service including Bank Holidays, which is split geographically into 4 sectors inline with the PCMHT and CMHT.
• The HTT supports people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis by providing intensive support in their own home as an alternative to hospital admission. The HTT approach is both step down and step up.
• The post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the Banding of the post, as discussed with the manager.