Job summary
Are you a confident clinical leader with a passion for urgent mental health care? Do you thrive in high-pressure environments and want to shape crisis response services? If so, we invite you to join our dedicated team at Miranda House in Hull.
The Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team (MHCIT) is a service for adults aged 18-64 and their families and carers living in Hull and East Riding who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis.
As a Band 7 Clinical Shift Lead within the MHCIT, you'll provide senior clinical oversight and leadership across the 24/7 service. You'll coordinate shift activity, support clinical decision-making, and ensure safe, effective care for individuals in acute mental health distress.
This role is pivotal in maintaining high standards of care, managing risk, and supporting both registered and unregistered staff during complex presentations. You'll work closely with emergency services, community teams, and partner agencies to deliver responsive, person-centred interventions.
We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Learning Disabilities Nurses, and Social Workers with experience in mental health settings. If you're passionate about crisis care, confident in managing risk, and committed to delivering compassionate, person-centred support, we'd love to hear from you.
We are a 24/7, 7 day service therefore the successful candidate will be expected to work a shift pattern including long days, weekends and nights.
Main duties of the job
o Lead and coordinate clinical activity across the team during allocated shiftso Provide senior oversight of the Section 136 suite, ensuring timely assessments and safe managemento Support clinical decision-making and risk management for individuals in crisiso Supervise and guide registered and unregistered staff, promoting reflective practice and learningo Undertake and support complex mental health assessments, including risk formulation and care planningo Ensure accurate and timely documentation of clinical rationale, handovers, and interventionso Act as a point of escalation for high-risk or complex caseso Liaise with emergency services, community teams, and external agencies to ensure integrated careo Contribute to service development, audits, and incident reviewso Promote a culture of safety, compassion, and accountability
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please consider applying if you are eager to be part of an inspiring team and that you are both passionate and dynamic.
For further information please see attached job description and person specification before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please consider applying if you are eager to be part of an inspiring team and that you are both passionate and dynamic.
For further information please see attached job description and person specification before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
- Educated to Masters Level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
- Current registration on the NMC or HCPC register
Desirable
- Specialist/advanced understanding/application of relevant managerial and leadership aspects of the service area
- Advanced/expert clinical qualification
- Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or nationally
- Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge /experiential learning
- Evidence of sound post - registration professional practice
- A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/developmen
Desirable
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
- Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective interpersonal skills and experience in spervising and mentoring and teaching
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Good time management skills
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e., strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
- Educated to Masters Level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
- Current registration on the NMC or HCPC register
Desirable
- Specialist/advanced understanding/application of relevant managerial and leadership aspects of the service area
- Advanced/expert clinical qualification
- Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or nationally
- Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge /experiential learning
- Evidence of sound post - registration professional practice
- A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/developmen
Desirable
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
- Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective interpersonal skills and experience in spervising and mentoring and teaching
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Good time management skills
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e., strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
