Job summary
If you are energetic, motivated to try innovative ways of working within in a welcoming and friendly multi-disciplinary team and have clinical skills that encompass urgent mental health and home treatment interventions then please consider applying.
The Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is looking for a Registered Mental Health Clinicians to join our team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.
As a Home Based Treatment Clinician you will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers and other professionals, offering interventions as an alternative to hospital admission as the primary element of your role.
Main duties of the job
Providing a telephone triage & support service to service users and carers who self refer via the All Age Crisis Line and supporting service users who are awaiting Mental Health Act Assessment in the Health Based Place of Safety.
To work as a member of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and support for their families in accordance with Trust and Crisis Teams Policies and Procedures.
To manage a defined caseload of clients experiencing an acute mental health episode, using evidence based, client centered, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Date posted
08 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata), per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
346-NYA-026-25-A
Job locations
Crosslane Hospital
Crosslane
Scarborough
YO12 6DN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Relevant professional qualification required and appropriate current professional registration
2. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
3. Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
4. Post-graduate qualification ina relevant area
5. MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Experience
Essential
6. Working with people with mental ill-health
7. Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
8. Working in a community setting
9. Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
10. Working in a multi-disciplinary team
11. Working in partnership with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential
12. Evidenced based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
13. Understanding of relevant legislation (. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
14. Care Programme Approach and its application inpractice
15. Understanding of Safeguarding and its applicationin practice
16. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
17. Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
18. Awareness of psychological models of careand treatment