Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Senior Practitioner Nurse within the Haringey Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. This is a permanent, full-time position that will require working on rotation including night shifts and in Crisis Hub. The HCRHTT is a 7 day per week/24hours a day service which provides urgent care for people experiencing mental health crisis as an alternative to hospital admission. The CRHTT is crucial in delivering urgent crisis resolution assessments and treatment for service users by assessing their needs and caring for them in the least restrictive environment. We are looking for motivated, positive and committed individual to join our well established, supportive and dynamic team with excellent clinical and risk assessment skills which will allow further professional development. Please note, to be shortlisted, demonstrate that you do have the skills and experience as stipulated within the person specification and provide clear examples within the supporting information section.
Main duties of the job
We require an experienced Band 6 RMN (or an experienced Band 5 RMN who is looking for a promotion) and can bring their own professional expertise to our fast-paced team. The right candidate should be confident in managing risk in the least restrictive way with support from the team. By its nature, crisis work requires professionals who have a broad range of skills including being skilled mental health assessors with an ability to signpost service users towards the most effective treatment pathways. Working for a Crisis Home Treatment team in Haringey means no two days are the same. The service we provide is critical to those in a mental health crisis and helps enable specialist support from the onset. We are an urgent care service and aim to respond at the soonest opportunity to ensure seamless care and better outcomes for patients.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job responsibilities
As a mental health practitioner you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. This includes assessing those with high risk of self harm and suicide and have serious mental health problems. As part of your role you will be expected to offer support and guidance to junior staff around you. Supervision will be offered regularly, alongside regular team meetings, and opportunities to engage with clinical supervision. This ensures that staff feel valued, supported and have access to the correct support. You will also be expected to provide clinical risk and mental state triage and assessment as part of rotation phase within Crisis Hub.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with post qualification experience
- Current registration with relevant professional body (NMC)
Desirable
- Postgraduate studies in relevant field
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstratable well-developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to make autonomous decisions in high-risk situations
- Robust knowledge of risk management and its application to service user, carer and staff safety
Desirable
- Demonstrable skill of implementing change in behaviour
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a multidisciplinary team setting
- Demonstrable understanding of a range of assessment tools and treatment modalities
- Knowledge of theory and practice of medicines management
Desirable
- Experience working in CRHTT
Other requirements
Essential
- Car driver with current and valid driving license and own vehicle.
Desirable
- Experience working in CRHTT
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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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