Job summary
New opportunity for a highly skilled, resilient and resourceful individual contribute to the transition and development of the reformed Mental Health Crisis pathways.
You will gain substantial experience in the variety of crisis response services working together to provide quick and highly skilled interventions to individuals presenting with a variety of crises.
You will gain the experience of working with individuals presenting through different stages of crisis presentations; in the emergency department as part of the Psychiatry liaison service and as part of our Crisis Assessment Team and in our crisis assessment hub. You will have the ability to identify those who need an urgent assessment and have the opportunity, to offer these individuals an assessment promptly.
Whilst the majority of working time will be within the psych liaison team, you will occasionally be doing 6 week rotations to work with the Crisis Assessment Team, who assess mental health crises that do not require the A&E environment.
Main duties of the job
You will have the opportunity to work as part of the rotation between Homerton Psychiatic Liaison and our Urgent assessment team, and work towards developing a cohesive crisis service pathway and supporting staffs professional development, experience, skills and knowledge. You will also be supported to develop skills through training provided by the trust to build assessment and formulation skills, risk management of psychotic, depressive, self-harm and suicidal presentation, and various other areas via our in-house training programme.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- o Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker or Registered Occupational Therapist
- o Current Professional Registration
- o Masters level Mental Health Qualification
- o Evidence of non-statutory continual professional development
- o CBT and/or brief intervention /solution focused therapy and/or motivational interviewing or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- oMentorship Preparation or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial post qualification experience in the field of mental health crisis
- oPrevious experience at working autonomously
- oExperience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- oExperience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive
- oExperience of contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate well developed assessment skills and ability to make balanced clinical judgments
- oDemonstrate skills in providing effective nursing leadership
- oDemonstrate skills in working in a rapidly changing environment
- oDemonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oDemonstrate excellent problem solving skills
- Demonstrate ability to work with speed and precision under pressure
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- o Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker or Registered Occupational Therapist
- o Current Professional Registration
- o Masters level Mental Health Qualification
- o Evidence of non-statutory continual professional development
- o CBT and/or brief intervention /solution focused therapy and/or motivational interviewing or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- oMentorship Preparation or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial post qualification experience in the field of mental health crisis
- oPrevious experience at working autonomously
- oExperience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- oExperience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive
- oExperience of contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate well developed assessment skills and ability to make balanced clinical judgments
- oDemonstrate skills in providing effective nursing leadership
- oDemonstrate skills in working in a rapidly changing environment
- oDemonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oDemonstrate excellent problem solving skills
- Demonstrate ability to work with speed and precision under pressure
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).
