Home Intensive Treatment Clinician
- Employer
- Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- York
- Salary
- £28,407 to £34,581 (pro rata) per annum
- Closing date
- 22 Aug 2024
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- Profession
- Other Health Profession
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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If you are energetic, motivated to try innovative ways of working within in a welcoming and friendly multi-disciplinary team and have clinical skills that encompass urgent mental health and home treatment interventions then please consider applying.
The York & Selby Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is looking for a Registered Mental Health Clinician to join our team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.
As a Home Based Treatment Clinician you will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers and other professionals, offering interventions as an alternative to hospital admission as the primary element of your role.
Main duties of the job
Providing a telephone triage & support service to service users and carers who self refer via the All Age Crisis Line and supporting service users who are awaiting Mental Health Act Assessment in the Health Based Place of Safety.
To work as a member of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and support for their families in accordance with Trust and CRHTT Policies and Procedures.
To manage a defined caseload of clients experiencing an acute mental health episode, using evidence based, client centered, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To improve the lives of people with mental ill health and/or learning disabilities by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.
To facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision, clinical advice and clinical supervision to community support workers / support, time and recovery workers (depending on work area) and students as appropriate.
Takes steps to obtain patient consent to care and treatment in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act, ensuring that patients who lack mental capacity remain at thecentre of decision-making and are fully safeguarded.
For patients requiring home treatment, develops, implements and evaluates intervention plans as part of the multi-disciplinary team, with the involvement of the patient and where appropriate, their carer.
Undertakes risk assessments in accordance with the Trusts Clinical RiskAssessment and Management Policy, devising and implementing actions and intervention plans which take the risk formulation fully into account.
To assist in identifying, developing and providing a multi-disciplinary approach within the service in accordance with the needs of services users and the requirements of the service.
To utilise a range of therapeutic interventions for adults with acute mental illness.
Working with service users in their own homes to promote maximum independence whilst experiencing mental health crisis.
To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and new staff.
To participate in the preceptorship programme during the first post registration year in the NHS.
A willingness to undertake practice placement educators course and participate in student education.
To assist the senior staff by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.
To provide effective supervision, support and guidance for non-registered workers and any work delegated to them. To participate in planning of own clinical supervision.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Additional contact details
Viki Smith - Advanced Nurse Practitioner - vikismith@nhs.net
Darren Gargan - Nurse Consultant - darrengargan@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Foss Park Hospital
Haxby Road
York
YO31 8TA
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
346-NYA-230-23-F
The York & Selby Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is looking for a Registered Mental Health Clinician to join our team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.
As a Home Based Treatment Clinician you will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers and other professionals, offering interventions as an alternative to hospital admission as the primary element of your role.
Main duties of the job
Providing a telephone triage & support service to service users and carers who self refer via the All Age Crisis Line and supporting service users who are awaiting Mental Health Act Assessment in the Health Based Place of Safety.
To work as a member of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and support for their families in accordance with Trust and CRHTT Policies and Procedures.
To manage a defined caseload of clients experiencing an acute mental health episode, using evidence based, client centered, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To improve the lives of people with mental ill health and/or learning disabilities by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.
To facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision, clinical advice and clinical supervision to community support workers / support, time and recovery workers (depending on work area) and students as appropriate.
Takes steps to obtain patient consent to care and treatment in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act, ensuring that patients who lack mental capacity remain at thecentre of decision-making and are fully safeguarded.
For patients requiring home treatment, develops, implements and evaluates intervention plans as part of the multi-disciplinary team, with the involvement of the patient and where appropriate, their carer.
Undertakes risk assessments in accordance with the Trusts Clinical RiskAssessment and Management Policy, devising and implementing actions and intervention plans which take the risk formulation fully into account.
To assist in identifying, developing and providing a multi-disciplinary approach within the service in accordance with the needs of services users and the requirements of the service.
To utilise a range of therapeutic interventions for adults with acute mental illness.
Working with service users in their own homes to promote maximum independence whilst experiencing mental health crisis.
To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and new staff.
To participate in the preceptorship programme during the first post registration year in the NHS.
A willingness to undertake practice placement educators course and participate in student education.
To assist the senior staff by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.
To provide effective supervision, support and guidance for non-registered workers and any work delegated to them. To participate in planning of own clinical supervision.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Additional contact details
Viki Smith - Advanced Nurse Practitioner - vikismith@nhs.net
Darren Gargan - Nurse Consultant - darrengargan@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification required and appropriate current professional registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental ill-health
Desirable
- Previous acute care services
- Previous experience in a community mental health setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work without supervision relevant to spheres of work
- Ability to react to rapidly changing circumstances
Desirable
- De-escalation skills
- Leadership knowledge and Skills
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Foss Park Hospital
Haxby Road
York
YO31 8TA
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
346-NYA-230-23-F
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