<div><h3>Internal MPFT Only Mental Health Nurse - CRHT East Staffs</h3><p><b>The closing date is 23 July 2026</b></p><p><b>Only open to internal MPFT applicants currently working in the Crisis team</b></p><p>Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, youre in luck.</p><p>Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team in South East Staffordshire based at The Friary, Lichfield.</p><p>We work with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis, who require extra support alongside their regular support network or who can have the same treatment provided at home that they would receive in a Mental Health Hospital. As an integral team in the Urgent Care Pathway we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</p><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><ul><li>Assessing mental health crises in individuals referred to the service and supporting the delivery of safe and effective home treatment for an identified client group and in accordance with a wellbeing and recovery action plan</li><li>You will participate in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.</li><li>You will assist in the delivery of a high standard of nursing care to service users referred to the team.</li><li>You will implement agreed systems for the monitoring of effectiveness of care.</li><li>You will participate in the education and management of junior staff.</li></ul><h3>Job responsibilities</h3><p>This is a 24‑hour service and team members are required to work rostered shifts including weekends and nights and you must have access to suitable transport to cover the geographical area for your shifts.</p><h3>Person Specification</h3><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Be a Registered Mental‑health Nurse as defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and be active on their register.</li><li>Ability to use computers and other information technology as required</li></ul><h3>Experience</h3><ul><li>Have previous experience of working in the community Mental Health Setting</li><li>Have extensive registration experience</li><li>Experience working in CRHT</li></ul><h3>Skills</h3><ul><li>Have knowledge of current initiatives impacting on the service</li><li>Have a working knowledge of risk assessment and management related to the area</li><li>Can demonstrate the skills required to work within and across teams and professional boundaries</li><li>Be able to lead assessments confidently and competently</li><li>Have excellent communication skills</li></ul><h3>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3><p>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.</p></div>