Crisis Clinician

A crisis post in the Darlington Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment Team at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. The team gives crisis intervention as an alternative to admission and decides who goes to the acute wards. It runs round the clock on 12-hour shifts and is open to registered nurses, occupational therapists and social workers, with clinical leadership of junior staff. Nursing applicants need 18 months' post-qualifying experience with a signed-off preceptorship; sponsorship is possible only where criteria are met.

What the job involves

• Provide crisis intervention to people in mental health crisis as an alternative to admission
• Decide admissions to the acute admission wards
• Provide clinical leadership to more junior members of the team
• Prioritise workload and use resources to meet service user needs
• Act as lead professional or care co-ordinator within a multidisciplinary team
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to service users, carers, families and colleagues
• Work to a recovery-orientated, formulation-driven approach that values shared decision making
• Work 12-hour shifts within a 24/7 service

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Clinical supervisor status
• Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent, achieved within agreed timescale
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 or equivalent
• For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 or City & Guilds 730, achieved within agreed timescale

Registration & licences

• Current registration with an approved professional body (NMC, HCPC or SWE)

Experience

• 18 months post-qualifying experience with preceptorship or competency framework signed off at the point of application (nursing applicants)
• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health
• Working collaboratively with service users, families and carers
• Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting

Skills & knowledge

• Leading, monitoring, co-ordinating and prioritising team activities
• Communicating complex and sensitive information effectively
• Working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Sound assessment and written skills
• Acting on own initiative

Other

• Access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes

Nice to have

• Leadership or management qualification
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
• Leadership or management experience

What’s offered

• Regular clinical supervision
• Good training opportunities
• Ample opportunity to develop existing clinical skills

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