Job summary
A vacancy has arisen to join the Derby City Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
Your main base will be at Kingsway Hospital
This post is open to Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers.
The Derby City Crisis and Home Treatment Team is a large multi-disciplinary team, consisting of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Nurse Consultant and Junior Doctor(s), Service Manager, Clinical Lead (already in post), Psychologist, NMP, Lead Nurses, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Engagement Workers, Pharmacy Technician and Administration staff.
We are now in the position to appoint a second full time Clinical Lead at Derby City Crisis Team. A further approved clinician will help us enhance our biopsychosociological support provided to the people we serve.
The post holder will also work closely with Neighbourhood Teams based in and around the Derby area and other statutory and non-statutory organisations alongside the clinical and leadership / management staff.
This well-established, multi-disciplinary team offers a high quality assessment and home treatment service, where possible as an alternative to hospital admission to individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis.
Main duties of the job
We are currently working to enhance our team in line with the Fidelity model for Crisis services in conjunction with all CRHTs in Derbyshire.
You will work within the service specifically as part of the MDT and leadership structure, and have close links with the other Clinical Lead in the team.
You will participate in monitoring and auditing of the service and its developments and be involved in specific aspects of patient care. Additionally, you will work with other colleagues across assessment services to enhance care provision.
We are looking for an individual who shows compassion and genuine warmth; someone who is engaging and focussed on person centred care and satisfaction.
You will be able to keep our commitments, demonstrate respect and dignity, work well under pressure and have very good communication skills. You will be working in a fast paced workplace where diversity is a focus.
You will have experience as a qualified practitioner within mental health and have strong leadership skills.
About us
As an employee of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust you are required to adhere to the Trust's overriding value of putting "patients at the heart of everything we do".
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- The post holder will provide a professional role-model for the delivery of high quality care.
- Ensure evidence based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of professional care.
- To ensure that the Service meets its quality and performance targets as laid down in the operational policy.
- Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in professional practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.
- Promote service user and carer involvement, and ensure autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.
- Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied to practice and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision-making processes.
- Ensure appropriate evidence based clinical risk assessments are undertaken. Ensure all service users have an up to date evidenced-based care plan that meets their needs.
- The post-holder will be aware of and work within all legislative requirements (Mental Health Act, Code of Practice, Human Rights Act, Equality Act etc).
- Ensure good practise is maintained taking the lead in challenging practise that requires change or development.
- The post holder will demonstrate expertise knowledge in the Crisis Home Treatment Service ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way.
- Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis.
- Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities.
- Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives.
- Facilitate service user responsibility and choices for healthy living, and the ability to determine their own lifestyle within the notion of health promotion and health protection.
- Ensure an effective system for the co-ordination of care is implemented (e.g. named nurse/professional system/CPA).
- Post holder will have a clinical high profile that includes the opportunity for hands-on care, having a global overview of all care packages and clinical activities within a defined area.
- Ensure trust professional guidelines are maintained for record keeping.
- Post holder will support the development of the professional service.
- Post holder will provide supervision to assigned team members in line with the Trust Supervision Policy, ensuring that is implemented; this will include having personal supervision from a suitable person.
- The post holder will support the development of standards as required.
- The post holder will actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotional interventions in their widest sense.
- The post holder will ensure person-centred care is delivered.
- Ensure where necessary the Child/Adult Protection Procedures are followed.
- Ensure that all providers of care throughout the health community are involved in planning, delivering and evaluation care where indicated.
- Exercise professional accountability and responsibility, taking into account the actions of other professional who are responsible/accountable to you.
- Ensure care is delivered to incorporate health and social care policy
- Ensure care is delivered in a person centred manner ensuring gender, ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs of service users are adhered to
- Ensure carers/significant others are included in the planning implementation delivery and evaluation of care.
- Demonstrate ability to weigh up the interests of service users in complex situations using professional knowledge, judgements and skills to enable you to account for the decisions you make, and the clinical leadership you provide for others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- The post holder will provide a professional role-model for the delivery of high quality care.
- Ensure evidence based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of professional care.
- To ensure that the Service meets its quality and performance targets as laid down in the operational policy.
- Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in professional practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.
- Promote service user and carer involvement, and ensure autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.
- Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied to practice and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision-making processes.
- Ensure appropriate evidence based clinical risk assessments are undertaken. Ensure all service users have an up to date evidenced-based care plan that meets their needs.
- The post-holder will be aware of and work within all legislative requirements (Mental Health Act, Code of Practice, Human Rights Act, Equality Act etc).
- Ensure good practise is maintained taking the lead in challenging practise that requires change or development.
- The post holder will demonstrate expertise knowledge in the Crisis Home Treatment Service ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way.
- Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis.
- Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities.
- Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives.
- Facilitate service user responsibility and choices for healthy living, and the ability to determine their own lifestyle within the notion of health promotion and health protection.
- Ensure an effective system for the co-ordination of care is implemented (e.g. named nurse/professional system/CPA).
- Post holder will have a clinical high profile that includes the opportunity for hands-on care, having a global overview of all care packages and clinical activities within a defined area.
- Ensure trust professional guidelines are maintained for record keeping.
- Post holder will support the development of the professional service.
- Post holder will provide supervision to assigned team members in line with the Trust Supervision Policy, ensuring that is implemented; this will include having personal supervision from a suitable person.
- The post holder will support the development of standards as required.
- The post holder will actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotional interventions in their widest sense.
- The post holder will ensure person-centred care is delivered.
- Ensure where necessary the Child/Adult Protection Procedures are followed.
- Ensure that all providers of care throughout the health community are involved in planning, delivering and evaluation care where indicated.
- Exercise professional accountability and responsibility, taking into account the actions of other professional who are responsible/accountable to you.
- Ensure care is delivered to incorporate health and social care policy
- Ensure care is delivered in a person centred manner ensuring gender, ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs of service users are adhered to
- Ensure carers/significant others are included in the planning implementation delivery and evaluation of care.
- Demonstrate ability to weigh up the interests of service users in complex situations using professional knowledge, judgements and skills to enable you to account for the decisions you make, and the clinical leadership you provide for others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and experienced Nurse/OT/Social Worker in mental health
Additional
Essential
- Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Recent and relevant leadership experience with health or allied care
- Experience in urgent care/assessment services
Desirable
- Leadership within community services
- Knowledge of current processes with CRHT
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and experienced Nurse/OT/Social Worker in mental health
Additional
Essential
- Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Recent and relevant leadership experience with health or allied care
- Experience in urgent care/assessment services
Desirable
- Leadership within community services
- Knowledge of current processes with CRHT
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
