Overview
We are the South Cambridge Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), providing 24/7 care for service users experiencing an acute mental health crisis, to support them to stay in their own home rather than being admitted to hospital. We are based in Cambridgeshire. We are looking for Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join our team. Whether you are a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker we have an opportunity for you in our team. We are a true MDT and no profession’s voice is louder than another’s. These roles provide fantastic learning and development opportunities. You will gain experience working with service users with a wide range of presentations and diagnoses. Additionally, you’ll develop your risk assessment skills, crisis management, assessment skills and delivery of brief psychological interventions. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of clinicians who will support you to develop your skills and understanding of mental illness. We are eager for our staff to develop professionally and have previously supported people to do their non-medical prescribing training, AMHP training and to train in psychological therapies. As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be working within our multidisciplinary team to contribute to our provision of dynamic solution focused care. In the Crisis Team we value the different perspectives brought by each of our colleagues. We work with service users experiencing an acute episode of mental illness, so it is vital that we work collaboratively to co-develop a plan to support our service users and their families.
Responsibilities
* Visit service users in their own home to complete assessments.
* Work with the MDT to plan and deliver interventions and work with other supporting services where appropriate.
* Contribute to the provision of dynamic solution‑focused care within the Crisis Team.
* Develop and apply risk assessment, crisis management, and delivery of brief psychological interventions.
* Assist with management of inpatient beds on a rota basis to ensure bed flow is supported and proactively managed; use problem solving and decision‑making skills.
Qualifications and Skills
* Experience as a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker (or equivalent) in a mental health setting.
* Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and value diverse professional perspectives.
* Strong risk assessment, crisis management, and assessment skills; ability to deliver brief psychological interventions.
Benefits
* Annual leave allowance 27 days plus bank holidays (depending on NHS service)
* Pension scheme
* Full-time/Part-time or job share opportunities
* Salary sacrifice scheme
* Staff discount scheme
* Professional leadership programs for experienced nurses through NHS Academy
* Stress awareness training
* Mindfulness training
* Counselling service
About CPFT
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care settings but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older People’s mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Important notices
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, your application form may be rejected from the process.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sophie Price | Job title: Team Manager | Email: sophie.price2@cpft.nhs.uk | Telephone: 01223 219593
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