Job overview
To deliver the most innovative Mental Health Services, we need the most innovative Nurses.
BCHFT CRHT is always looking for ambitious, capable individuals who share our passion for making a difference.
Are you a passionate mental health nurse who wants to make a real difference to individuals and their families? Do you want to play an essential part in a person's recovery journey? If so, working with Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team could be for you!
Main duties of the job
Black Country Healthcare is looking for enthusiastic nurses in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton who will provide compassionate, person-centred care to adults experiencing mental health difficulties. We offer rapid assessment and short term intensive treatment in order to support individuals and their family/carers during a mental health crisis. Through a recovery approach, we aim to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate discharge from hospital.
We follow a multidisciplinary team approach, consisting of nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, non-medical prescribers, occupational therapists, and support time recovery workers. You will find our teams extremely supportive whilst you are growing into the role. We have a good team spirit, and great team work is at the heart of the service.
Working for our organisation
At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we’re building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.
The Trust is rated ‘Good’ from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country. We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.
This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.
The Trust offers a flexible approach to working, opportunity for development and training, regular supervision, and annual personal development reviews.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are committed to delivering a high standard of multi-disciplinary recovery focused care; the post holder would be an integral part of this process and will be essential to improving service delivery.
You will need to have relevant experience in either hospital or community settings, and have transferable skills for assessing mental health needs and risks, and formulating care plans for individuals who might be in a high level of distress with a variety of needs. You must hold a valid driver's licence, and must have a vehicle.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. First Level Nursing Qualification RMN
2. Evidence of Further Education and Development
Desirable criteria
3. Teaching and Assessing Qualifications or equivalent experience e.g. ENB 998
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Proven Post Registration Experience
5. Experience of working with other people who have deliberately self-harmed
6. Experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practice (mentoring)
Desirable criteria
7. Experience of Working in an Acute Environment Such as Crisist Resolution Home Treatment Team or Mental Health Liaison Team
8. Caseload management and clinical supervisory experience
9. Experience in Quality Care initiatives and audit.
Knowledge/Skills/Personal qualities
Essential criteria
10. Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills
11. Effective Team Working skills.
12. Excellent Customer Care skills
13. Good Leadership Skills
14. Ability to carry out autonomous Mental Health Assessments
15. Good time management skills
16. Ability to manage own time and work under pressure.
17. Ability to embrace continual changes in organisational working and culture, awareness of change.
18. Self-motivated and an interest in chosen field.
19. Evidence of commitment to promoting service user and carer values.
20. Commitment to Personal Development
21. Flexible approach to work
22. Desire to work with other professionals/departments to enhance service delivery and meet organisational objectives.
Desirable criteria
23. Training In Brief Psychological Therapies