Crisis Clinician

As a member of the team you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on own initiative and have sound assessment and written skills.

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of more junior members of the team, prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met.

The team is also responsible for gate keeping admissions to the acute admission wards.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes., Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body.


• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.


• For registered nurses : MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education.


Must be achieved within agreed timescale.

• Clinical Supervisor.


• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.


• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)


• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework)


Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification


• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area


Skills

Essential

• Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.


• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers / families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.


• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and / or care co-ordinator responsibilities


Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health


• Working collaboratively with service users, their families and carers


• Provide clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting


Desirable

• Leadership or management experience
  
  We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.


From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood.

Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and work within the Tees Crisis Triage and Assessment Team at Roseberry Park Hospital.

The team provides 24 hour crisis services to anyone aged over 18 years within the Teesside area.

This is a band 6 post open to registered nurses, occupational therapists and social workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC or GSCC.

The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week, 12 hour shift pattern.

Full and part time hours available and 2 x secondment or fixed term opportunities are also available.