Crisis Clinician

An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and work in a joint position within the 111 (2) Mental health service and the Darlington Crisis team. The role will be to work alongside the 111(2) service carrying out crisis triage and assessment and to support staff working within the 111(2) service offering advice, guidance and signposting. Successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to work within the Darlington site based at West Park Hospital., The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week, 12 hour shift pattern.

We have posts available within our service and we are looking for passionate, skilled qualified clinicians to join us.

The team takes a recovery orientated, formulation driven approach which values shared decision making.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework., As a member of the team you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis who require crisis triage and assessment. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on own initiative and have sound assessment and written skills.

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.