Overview
The service triages and assesses urgent and emergency referrals to identify the most appropriate service to meet individual need during a mental health crisis. This involves telephone triage, support and signposting, and face-to-face full needs assessment, care planning, and referral to relevant services. The team provides a 24/7 service with varied shift patterns.
Team
The team currently consists of Community Mental Health Nurses, Approved Mental Health Professionals, a Consultant Psychiatrist and other associated medical staff.
Responsibilities
* Provide a clinical service that is service user focused.
* Triage all mental health referrals to the Crisis Team to determine priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway. This includes completing identified shifts based at Woodside, working alongside the Care Co-ordination centre call handlers to provide timely triage for callers to the crisis line.
* Carry out full assessments of needs including comprehensive risk assessments of persons referred or self-referred to the service.
* Recommend and refer, where treatment/intervention is indicated, to the most appropriate team/service utilising all available resources.
* Identify appropriate treatment-based interventions for all service users ensuring that best practice is implemented.
* Where appropriate, participate in Mental Health Act Assessments so that alternatives to formal hospital admission are considered.
About Us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 4,000 colleagues who are appreciated, valued and respected. We have a wide portfolio including mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services. We are committed to enhancing the quality of our service and to attracting and selecting the right colleagues who share our passion for providing first-class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.
Please view our Strategy: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
Working with Us
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the benefits we offer, visit: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and value people in our organisation. View our Allyship video: https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here: https://ptracaccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/docs-employer/340/2515/Main_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view full details about the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025.
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