Job summary
Are you a mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist?
Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
We are seeking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Crisis Team based in Radlett in South West Hertfordshire.
It's a genuinely exciting time to join - we're developing new ways of working, which will see us delivering a 24/7 responsive adult crisis and acute home treatment service. The role will provide a genuine opportunity for you to develop your skills and make a difference.
Please contact Sam Bracey on 07818421506 for an informal chat or to arrange a visit.
You will initially be employed at a Band 5 at your current salary whilst you are working through your Band 6 competencies. You will be expected to demonstrate these competently in practice. Please be aware that the expected time to complete competencies and become a Band 6 will be approximately 12 months after starting your new role. Following successful achievement of meeting the competencies, your salary will be reviewed and your pay band confirmed at band 6 pay step 1.
In the unlikely event that you didn't meet the competencies, an action plan would be put in place to support you to address the competency gaps; you would remain as a Band 5 and the opportunity for a Band 6 at this time will not be confirmed. Salary payment until your competencies as band 6 are met will be AfC band 5 scale.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- have substantial clinical experience of working with service users who have presented with a mental health crisis
- have a real passion for mental health crisis services, and the difference they can make
- deliver the highest standards of care to our service users and communities
- be part of a multidisciplinary team of staff who are committed to improving the lives of our service users and carers
- a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
In return, we can offer you:
- the opportunity to take part in our future leaders programme, undertake non-medical prescribing and AMHP training
- excellent promotion and development prospects
- state of the art clinical environment
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
About us
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Crisis service supports people experiencing a mental health crisis providing 24- hour access, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to mental health care, advice, support and treatment. The service is for people who are over the age of 18.
You will rotate between delivering telephone crisis triage, crisis assessment, resolution and home treatment.
You will offer crisis intervention, advice and support on telephone and undertake first response face to face crisis assessments in a variety of settings.
You will ensure that service users receive the most appropriate care and treatment following triage and assessment, referring to the most appropriate mental health provision or signposting to the relevant services.
You will undertake crisis assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to in-patient admission.
For a more indepth person and job description please read the attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing or Dip SW/CQSW or Dip/BSc in Occupational Therapy.
- Curent Professional Registration.
- Preceptorship and Mentorship Training.
- Documented evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
- Post graduate clinical and therapeutic qualification.
- AMHP training.
Experience and Attainments
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post.
- Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults.
- Experience of working with service users presenting with emotional/psychological difficulties and challenging behaviour with their families and wider networks in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments.
- Experience of working in crsis services
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide range of clinical groups including adult mental health, older people's mental health, substance misuse and learning disability.
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting complex problems and their implications for both practice and professional management within mental health services.
- Knowledge of recent developments in mental health/learning disability provision for specific service user group including government initiatives for working with a range of service users in the crisis care pathway.
Desirable
- Facilitating clinical supervision.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Clinical skills to assess people in a variety of settings who have an acute mental health presentation.
- Specific clinical skills applicable in an acute community setting e.g. brief therapy, cognitive therapy, and anxiety management, de-escalation.
- Comprehensive risk assessment skills.
Desirable
- Delivering a range of psycho- social interventions for relevant service user group.
Communication and People Skill
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age-appropriate level - complex, highly technical, and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in liaising with other agencies and providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Organisational skills
Essential
- Ability to maintain high standards of record keeping, including data entry and recording.
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional, ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King fisher Court
Kingsley Green Harper Lane
Radlett
WD7 9HQ