Acute Care Practitioner

Lincoln Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team are looking for registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists.

Are you passionate in your profession and keen to make a positive difference in peoples lives? Are you looking for a new career adventure and wanting a new challenge that is rewarding? Then the Lincoln Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team could be for you!

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service is predominantly a community based service that provides mental state and risk assessment of referred service users presenting with acute mental ill health or debilitating mental distress. It provides initial and continued health and social care to it's service users based on their individually assessed needs, ensuring that an agreed package of care is implemented which reflects the Trust's policy to engage services users and their carers in all aspects of their carer and treatment., The post holder will be responsible for carrying out clinical assessments to identify the care needs of service users who present in an acute mental health crisis or that show symptoms of mental distress that could lead to significant risk/harm.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing evidence based care plans to ensure identified care needs are met so that the defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area can successfully transition from crisis point to discharge whilst under the guidance of senior staff. The post holder will also provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.