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Crisis Resolution Practitioner

Employer
Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Leeds
Salary
£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum
Closing date
29 Mar 2023

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Profession
Mental health practitioner
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The Crisis resolution and Intensive Support Service is a dynamic and flexible service which offers a true alternative to inpatient admission over 24 hours meeting the acute needs of working age adults across the city. We are seeking to recruit dynamic and positive practitioners to support in the service.

We're looking to recruit permanent band 5 qualified practitioners to join the Crisis resolution service. You will have a permanent base in one area but will be expected to work citywide across the bases dependent on clinical needs. This permanent base is subject to change depending on skill mix and clinical capacity.

The successful Occupational Therapists/Mental health nurse or social worker will work with a range of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing triage, assessment and interventions to support recovery and inclusion. This will include the provision of highly skilled assessments, psychological interventions, safety planning, and contributing to formulations.

Main duties of the job

  • To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff within the team, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement in continuously improving the service
  • To work as an integrated member of the clinical team, participating in all aspects of day to day service provision.
  • Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and usually as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning, care delivery and telephone triages under the supervision of a more senior nurse. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. The band 5 practitioner will operate within a community setting may require to lone work, however can utilize the team to manage risks where support is needed. When working in the crisis resolution you will complete assessments alongside a band 6 practitioner for decision making purposes and assess risk for those potentially unknown to services.
  • In some roles specialist skills and knowledge may be needed.
  • Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the 'Six C's' - namely care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
  • Car driver is essential
  • Provides care and treatment across 24hr 7 days a week, postholder may therefore be required to work shifts across 7 days which may include some long days and nights.


About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Job description
Job responsibilities

  • Communicates in an effective manner with all patients and carers, ensuring use of additional services where required, e.g translation services, communication aids, visual aids.
  • To provide advice, support and information to service users and carers.
  • Promotes effective team working to provide high quality care through effective communication and liaison.
  • Ensure effective communication with the team and more senior team members during the planning, implementation and evaluations of care
  • Liaise with other agencies, providers, service users/carers during the planning implementation and evaluations of care as appropriate to the role
  • To establish and maintain close and effective relationships with inpatient and CMHT colleagues.
  • Maintains effective communication and liaison systems which ensures the accurate and timely distribution and receipt of information (on a shift by shift basis) and is able to delegate responsibilities and duties where necessary.
  • Is aware of the limitations of their own role and utilises senior support and advice systems (including 24hr management advice structure)
  • May provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues if approached
  • Attends local team and clinical meetings as required/ requested. Attends care group meetings as required/ designated representing the team, give feedback as appropriate.
  • To adhere to all professional and Trust policies including the reporting of Trust incidents, complaints procedure and information governance.
  • Adhere to the Lone Working policy as appropriate
  • Provide a calm and confident resource to colleagues in stressful situations
  • Act calmly & supportively with people who experience and express extreme emotions and thoughts, in a sometimes-challenging manner.
  • Exercise skills in de-escalation of distress and anger.
  • Actively promote and support a client centred approach to care, founded in a philosophy of service user involvement.
  • Develop and follow integrated care plans and document Crisis Plans for individual clients and their family and carers, ensuring that the service user, and where appropriate carer, has an up to date copy of their plan.
  • Post holder will be involved in the risk assessment of individuals (in conjunction with other members of the team, service users and their carers). They will ensure appropriate plans of action are in place to manage identified risks
  • Receptive to constructive feedback on clinical practice
  • Participate in managerial supervision and participate in performance review/appraisal with an identified supervisor.
  • Will maintain and produce detailed contemporaneous and accurate records and reports, in accordance with agreed procedures. Will possess IT literacy skills and have the ability to work with electronic care records.
  • To use professional judgement and exercise professional accountability in all aspects of clinical practice.
  • To work flexibly ensuring the services are delivered safely and timely.
  • The post holder will abide by their professional Codes of Practice and work in accordance with Trust policy and procedures
  • Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and usually as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning, care delivery, and conducting telephone triages under the supervision of a more senior nurse. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. The band 5 practitioner will operate within a community setting may require to lone work, however can utilize the team to manage risks where support is needed. When working in the crisis resolution you will complete assessments alongside a band 6 practitioner for decision making purposes and assess risk for those potentially unknown to services. You will also work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting in transitions points for services users to community services.

    In this role you will be under the supervision of Band 6 and Band 7 practitioners and can gain support from the wider team also. You will have regular clinical and management supervision. You will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role.


Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Have a recognised professional qualification

Experience
Essential
  • Post Registration experience of working with adults of all ages with acute mental health problems.
  • Can demonstrate experience of formulating crisis plans/care plans for people in an acute mental health crisis.

Skills
Essential
  • Assessment and problems solving skills particularly in the area of crisis assessment and treatment.
  • Ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers/family members, other professionals and the wider community.


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