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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Boston Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. The role covers the large service catchment area; therefore, a full manual driving license is essential. You will not be expected to use your vehicle for work, the team has access to pool cars. The service runs over a 24/7 period, so you will work long days across 7 days a week, with the expectation of working nights.
The team provides assessment to those experiencing acute mental illness and, if indicated, short-term home treatment in a suitable setting. The team refers to several longer-term services; if required, the post holder would identify this. You will provide professional advice to service users and carers as well as support to other agencies and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team. You will be expected to have good documentation skills and be able to confidently use the Clinical Information System- Rio.
To manage risk, individuals will be Breakaway Trained. The role will include coordinating daily visits to other team members on duty that day. You will be expected to effectively triage referrals to the team over the phone within a time frame. As part of your role, you will be expected to respond to the Crisis Vehicle response, as well as for the management and supervision of junior staff members and a mentor for students.
You will be responsible for the coordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area. You will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team. The post will involve working within the Crisis Team, which includes the S136 Suite, Triage Car, and the new Rapid Response Car pilot service.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqui Hunt Job title: Team Coordinator Email address: jacqui.hunt@lpft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01205 44 6868
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Mid-Senior level
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Full-time
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Health Care Provider
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Mental Health Care
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