Job summary
Are you an experienced mental health professional looking to utilise your clinical skills in a different setting? Our CRHT team are seeking Senior Crisis Care Practitioners to join the existing team.
Are you a registered Social Worker? Are you looking for a challenge and do you want to make a difference to the service users that we care for? If you answered yes to these questions, we have a role suited to you.
The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team are looking to recruit compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious individuals who want to make a positive difference to adults experiencing mental distress and mental health crisis.
This role is to work across the crisis support pathway based predominantly at Wedgwood, West Suffolk Hospital.
You will work within a multidisciplinary team providing care, treatment, and assessment to patients both at base and in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
The CRHT team are very proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in West Suffolk who present in crisis and persons needing intensive support to avoid hospital admission.
We are - the 'front-door' to acute services, providing triage, assessment, intensive support, and alternative to admissionhand in hand with support of families and 3rdparty providers.
The staffing teams also works with service users already in hospital to ensure that they can be supported at home at the earliest opportunity to support their recovery.
CRHT delivers patient care twenty-four hours a day. Shift working is in place to ensure this service is delivered.
There is an expectation thatyou will have the ability to clinically lead care delivery and will be proficient in clinical care including care/discharge planning, risk assessment, admission prevention, environmental health & safety, Mental Health Act work and physical health care.
We are looking for professionals who want to be involved in assessments and home treatment for people in crisis. CRHT is an age inclusive service.
About us
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.
Communication is key, we are working towards a model of co-production within CRHT and are in the midst of significant change and growth.
We are therefore looking for someone who can communicate in a professional manner with a wide spectrum of people to achieve the best outcome for our service users and their families/supporters.
We are looking for someone who has exceptional people skills as this role requires you to make difficult decisions whilst having to maintain professional relationships.
If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our dedicated team! Wehave several pathways for staff developmentand career progression.
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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In return for your individual skills and knowledge, we are fully committed to assisting you to meet your professional development needs and enabling you to provide high standards of care, in a supportive environment.
For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
Experience
Essential
- 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 delivery of clinical interventions
Desirable
- Experience in delivering group based interventions
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
West Suffolk CRHTT, Wedgwood House
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ