Senior Practitioner in Urgent and Crisis

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health partnership in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join the Urgent and Crisis service. This role offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership and support in a fast-paced mental health crisis network. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing staff development, ensuring quality service delivery, and promoting effective teamwork. Applicants should be registered mental health nurses, with experience in community mental health and supervision of staff. A commitment to professional development is essential, along with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience in community mental health services.
• Ability to supervise staff and manage crises effectively.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and mental health policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and clinical expertise within the service.
• Develop effective team working and evidence-based practice.
• Ensure adherence to Care Pathways and governance structures.

Skills

Mental Health expertise

Decision making

Communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Overview

Go back Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Practitioner in Urgent and Crisis

The closing date is 05 January 2026

Are you looking for a challenging new role? Do you have a desire to work within a fast-paced mental health crisis network? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Practitioner to join the Urgent and Crisis service The U&C offer a City wide 7 day - 24 hours a day service - including Bank Holidays

Job summary

Are you looking for a challenging new role? Do you have a desire to work within a fast-paced mental health crisis network? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Practitioner to join the Urgent and Crisis service The U&C offer a City wide 7 day - 24 hours a day service - including Bank Holidays

The post holder shall work closely with the leadership team to provide leadership, clinical expertise and supervisory support.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we are looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, Its our trust values. We are about our people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we would love to have you with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible with the Senior Operational Manager for managing and developing staff from a range of professions by providing regular work supervision and appraisal.

Be a positive role model to promote a conducive working environment.

Responsible with the Senior Operational Manager and Leadership Team for developing effective team working.

Responsible for the development of evidence-based practice within the service.

Responsible with the Senior Operational Manager for ensuring that the service adheres to Care Pathways and service wide systems and processes for the delivery of health and social care

Responsible for the development of service policies and protocols in conjunction with other senior practitioners and managers across the service.

Responsible with the Senior Operational Manager for ensuring effective systems and governance structures to support the effective delivery of care.

Have a good understanding of the issues related to Safeguarding and be able to work collaboratively with the relevant safeguarding managers within the trust.

Person Specification

Registered Clinician

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience

Essential

• Awareness of current community mental health issues, policies and developments
• Have an understanding of local, directorate and national targets
• Experience of supervising staff
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill and expertise in effective decision making whilst exposed to distressing and highly emotional situations
• Experience of mental health work in a community/crisis setting/services

Desirable

• Experience of working with a culturally diverse population
• Experience of working in Crisis Services
• Experience of service improvement within the framework of Clinical Governance
• Ability to negotiate with key stakeholders

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate knowledge of risk assessment/risk management
• Demonstrate knowledge of local and national policy related to mental health
• Comprehensive knowledge of mental health act and other relevant legislation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Be competent and confident, to provide expertise, advice and clinical and managerial leadership and role modelling to the teams they are working with

Desirable

• Knowledge of audit and evaluation processes

Training/ Qualifications

Essential

• Experience of working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Evidence of continued professional development, including in leadership and management

Desirable

• Management/leadership qualification or experience
• Non Medical Prescriber

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Longley Centre

Norwood Grange Drive, Longley

Sheffield

S5 7JT

Employer\'s website

https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)