Job summary
Dudley Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
Band 6 CRHT Mental Health Nurse
(Full time hours)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 nurse to join Dudley Crisis Resolution Home Treatment. We provide short-term intensive support in the community to individuals with acute mental health needs as an alternative to hospital admission.
We provide a 24 /7 service, and nurses are expected to work shift patterns to cover this. Most team members work 3 long shifts, which helps to promote a good work-life balance. There are also opportunities for extra shifts.
Main duties of the job
Are you a passionate mental health nurse who wants to make a real difference to individuals and their families? Do you want to play an essential part in a person’s recovery journey? If so, working with Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team could be for you!
We are looking for enthusiastic nurses who will provide compassionate, person-centred care to adults experiencing mental health difficulties. We offer rapid assessment and short term intensive treatment in order to support individuals and their family/carers through mental health crises. Through a recovery approach, we aim to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate discharge from hospital.
We are a team of nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, and support workers, and you will find the team extremely supportive whilst you are growing into the role. We have a good team spirit, and great team work is at the heart of the service.
About us
The Trust offers a flexible approach to working, opportunity for development and training, regular supervision, and annual personal development reviews.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to have relevant experience in either hospital or community settings, and have transferable skills for assessing mental health needs /risks and formulating care plans for individuals who might be in high level of distress with a variety of needs. You must hold a valid driver’s licence, and have a car.
If you are interested in this post, we welcome you to come and see how we work and to meet the more information or an informal chat, please contact Helga Hayward – Team Manager-email or phone01384 325039.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to have relevant experience in either hospital or community settings, and have transferable skills for assessing mental health needs /risks and formulating care plans for individuals who might be in high level of distress with a variety of needs. You must hold a valid driver’s licence, and have a car.
If you are interested in this post, we welcome you to come and see how we work and to meet the more information or an informal chat, please contact Helga Hayward – Team Manager-email or phone01384 325039.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- oPost registration experience teaching and assessing Evidence of Post Registration training in area of speciality
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial experience of working with people with acute mental difficulties
- oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of working with a diverse client group in a diverse setting
Desirable
- oExperience of working with a community setting
Knowledge
Essential
- oRisk assessment/management
- oUnderstanding the organisational framework in which the service operates
- oMental Health Legislation and policy
Desirable
- oCrisis intervention in the community
Skills/Personal qualities
Essential
- oAbility to make plans and assess risk as the lead professional. oTo make clear and realistic assessments of situations and to communicate clearly and unambiguously with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds
- oAbility to work in partnership across agencies and services
- oAbility to manage and deal effectively with crisis.
- oAbility to negotiate treatments and promote medication concordance
- oWillingness to acquire unfamiliar knowledge and play a part in all types of work that the team decides is appropriate
- oEnthusiasm for working with people in their own homes
behaviours
Essential
- oBe compassionate, empathetic and caring to everyone
- oEnable yourself and others to act with confidence and authority in order to achieve the best outcome for everyone
- oAct with transparency and honesty; respect and value others to do the right thing at the right time for everyone
- oWork with others. Be inclusive by understanding and valuing others to achieve the best results for everyone and everything we do
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- oPost registration experience teaching and assessing Evidence of Post Registration training in area of speciality
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial experience of working with people with acute mental difficulties
- oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of working with a diverse client group in a diverse setting
Desirable
- oExperience of working with a community setting
Knowledge
Essential
- oRisk assessment/management
- oUnderstanding the organisational framework in which the service operates
- oMental Health Legislation and policy
Desirable
- oCrisis intervention in the community
Skills/Personal qualities
Essential
- oAbility to make plans and assess risk as the lead professional. oTo make clear and realistic assessments of situations and to communicate clearly and unambiguously with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds
- oAbility to work in partnership across agencies and services
- oAbility to manage and deal effectively with crisis.
- oAbility to negotiate treatments and promote medication concordance
- oWillingness to acquire unfamiliar knowledge and play a part in all types of work that the team decides is appropriate
- oEnthusiasm for working with people in their own homes
behaviours
Essential
- oBe compassionate, empathetic and caring to everyone
- oEnable yourself and others to act with confidence and authority in order to achieve the best outcome for everyone
- oAct with transparency and honesty; respect and value others to do the right thing at the right time for everyone
- oWork with others. Be inclusive by understanding and valuing others to achieve the best results for everyone and everything we do
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
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).
