Overview
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The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams are an integral part of Urgent Care Services providing triage and assessment, home treatment, gatekeeping of hospital beds and providing telephone support to individuals suffering with psychological, emotional and mental health distress. We are an open access service working with those aged 11 to end of life who are suffering with a functional illness.
We are seeking highly motivated and committed Band 5 nurses to join us in providing this service and complement our current team of professionals, assisting with the day-to-day running of the service, and ensuring you are professionally accountable and responsible for service users’ care. The ideal candidate would be an RMN qualified nurse seeking a new challenge and an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives. We are looking for candidates with excellent communication skills and a passion for helping those experiencing a mental health crisis. You will have the ability to build relationships with key partner agencies and help us integrate more effectively with other services, as well as thriving in a high-pressure environment.
We welcome applications from newly qualified individuals.
To be a member of a multidisciplinary MHARS team that will provide a 24 hour, 7 days a week service.
To participate in the provision of a comprehensive assessment, planning, short-term intervention, support and education service to clients referred to the service with a range of psychiatric illnesses and mental health crises.
To have face-to-face contact and the provision of telephone advice ensuring that the needs of the service users are met in the most sensitive and appropriate way.
To maintain responsibility for a shared caseload of up to 20 to 30 service users.
The post holder will receive regular supervision from Band 6 Clinicians and/or the Team Manager.
The team operates a mixed economy shift system allowing staff to choose either a standard shift working pattern (7.5 hour shifts) or long shift working pattern (12 hour shifts). This is negotiated with the team manager; those choosing to work long shifts may need to pick up a regular short shift or long shift to make up contracted hours. Nights undertaken are 9.5 hours.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are outlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Company information and engagement: annual staff surveys and Pulse surveys provide opportunities to share experiences. Our Trust aims to be a Great Place to Work with top-quartile performance in staff surveys.
The post holder will be a member of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team working with people in Gloucestershire who are thought to be experiencing a period of mental health crisis or psychological distress. The service provides a mobile, acute, 24/7 community service as an alternative to hospitalisation.
To contribute to rapid assessment and implementation of crisis resolution or evidence-based home treatment for service users in acute mental health crisis. To optimise service users’ ability to remain in the community and/or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with recovering and social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities. To facilitate early discharge from hospital and respond to agencies requiring assessment of clients considered for immediate psychiatric hospitalisation.
We provide a multi-professional preceptorship programme aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim Quality Mark from NHS England. Newly Qualified nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners are supported. The programme includes the option to enroll and complete the level 7 (Masters) 15-credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026). Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the ASYE program. The Trust follows UK Visa and Immigration rules; information about sponsorship for certain roles is available at https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas.
To be a member of the team you may be eligible for sponsorship considerations where applicable.
Qualifications
* RMN qualification or current registration for nursing with relevant mental health experience
* Experience in crisis resolution, home treatment, or equivalent mental health settings preferred
* Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with partner agencies
* Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and manage a caseload
* Newly qualified applicants welcome
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Mental Health Care
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Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
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