Senior Urgent Response Practitioner

Are you a Qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with urgent care experience that is looking to progress and lead on the development of our Home-Based Treatment Team (HBTT)? Two exciting opportunities have arisen within Central Home Based Treatment Team to work as a Senior Practitioner (Senior Urgent Response Practitioner) within a well established team.

The post holder will take on a senior role in responding urgently to referrals from our Inpatient, Mental Health Liaison and Community colleagues, offering alternative to inpatient admission for people with complex presentations. The post holder would oversee the care of patients under the service along with oversight of patient flow to gain an understanding on where service pressures may be, and proactively support to reduce these within this role in the HBTT. The post holder will proactively support colleagues within HBTT and advocate for people to recover at home in the least restrictive way. As a senior role, there will also be a requirement to supervise and support staff members within HBTT in their professional development alongside participation in service development projects within the team and urgent care services.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior clinical support across urgent care pathways including Mental Health Liaison Services, Home Based Treatment Team, inpatient services and community teams.
• Take a lead role in supporting the management of high intensity users and frequent attenders across urgent care services. This includes service users who repeatedly attend A&E, experience frequent inpatient admissions or present in recurrent crisis.
• Provide senior clinical input into admission decisions and support practitioners managing complex presentations where admission is being considered.
• Support inpatient teams to identify opportunities for early discharge through MDT liaison and actively inreaching service users, where ongoing care can safely be provided by HBT.
• Provide consultation and support to staff managing complex risk presentations including repeated self harm, emotional dysregulation, substance misuse and relational risk dynamics.
• Provide line management supervision, advice and reflective support to colleagues working within urgent care services.
• Contribute to service development work within urgent care pathways including audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in RMN, Occupational Therapy or Social Work
• Additional qualification relevant to job role

Experience

• Experience within a leadership role previously

Skills

• Ability to manage complex cases autonomously
• Evidence of robust understanding of risk formulation and management
• Line management and staff development skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of the function and purpose of a Home Based Treatment Team
• Knowledge of the functions and purposes of our MHLT and inpatient colleagues

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.

Pre‑employment and Legal Requirements

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you. The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.