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CRHTT Senior CPN

Employer
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Walsall
Salary
£37,339 to £44,962 per annum
Closing date
26 Nov 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Are you a passionate mental health nurse who wants to make a real difference to individuals and their families? Do you want to play an essential part in a person's recovery journey? If so, working with Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team could be for you!

We are looking for enthusiastic nurses who will provide compassionate, person-centred care to adults experiencing mental health difficulties. We offer rapid assessment and short term intensive treatment in order to support individuals and their family/carers through mental health crises. Through a recovery approach, we aim to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate discharge from hospital.

We are a team of nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, and support workers, and you will find the team extremely supportive whilst you are growing into the role. We have a good team spirit, and great team work is at the heart of the service.

Main duties of the job

CRHT is at the forefront of providing an excellent borough wide urgent care mental health service to clients already open to BCHFT services.CRHT operates as an alternative to hospital admission, rapid response to crisis in the community and triage service for new referrals to the trust. CRHT is also accessible to general members of the public via our Black Country 24/7 Helpline. Being able to form therapeutic relations quickly with clients and carers is essential as is a commitment to working in a collaborative manner.You would need to be motivated for the challenge committed to developing your own clinical skills show leadership qualities and be able to take a positive risk management approach.

The successful post holder will work as band 6 senior clinician primarily in Walsall CRHT - 37.5hours per week - shift work is required for this post. PAN Trust working (Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell & Dudley) may be required on occasions.

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.

The Trust is rated 'Good' fromCQC(Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country. We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.

This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see Job overview above and the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

CRHT operates as an alternative to hospital admission, rapid response to crisis in the community and triage service for new referrals to the trust.

Person Specification
CRHTT
Essential
  • First Level Nursing Qualification RMN
  • NMC UK registration
  • Ability to carry out autonomous mental health assessments
  • Ability to work under own initiative
  • Ability to resolve problems and respond quickly to urgent mental health needs
  • Able to embrace organisational and service changes, promoting and being effective in the change process
  • Able to undertake effective risk assessment and devise and implement risk management plans
  • Able to create collaborative care plans, implement and review efficacy
  • Able to work 24/7 inclusive of night rotation.
  • Evidence of further education and development
Desirable
  • Previous CRHTT experience
  • Experience in quality care initiatives and audit
  • Previous Community mental health experience
  • Psychological therapy qualification.
Employer details
Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dorothy Pattison Hospital

Alumwell Close

Walsall

WS2 9XH

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285-2810-MH

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