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Job overview
The Band 6 Crisis Team Practitioner plays a key role in delivering rapid, high-quality mental health assessment and intervention for individuals experiencing acute psychological distress. Working within a multidisciplinary crisis or home treatment team, the post holder provides urgent, person-centred care as an alternative to hospital admission wherever possible.
The role involves conducting comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, developing and implementing crisis care plans, and delivering short-term therapeutic interventions. Practitioners work in fast-paced environments, often responding to referrals from A&E, community services, GPs, and other agencies, ensuring prompt and safe decision-making. A core element of the role is effective risk management, including assessing risk of harm to self or others and implementing appropriate safeguarding measures. As a senior member of the team, the Band 6 practitioner provides clinical leadership, supporting junior staff, students, and support workers through supervision and guidance. They contribute to service improvement, audit, and quality initiatives, ensuring adherence to professional standards, policies, and evidence-based practice. Strong communication and partnership working skills are essential, particularly when engaging with service users, families, and carers during times of crisis. The role requires resilience, flexibility, and the ability to prioritise effectively in high-pressure situations.
Main duties of the job
Urgent Triage
Trusted Assessment including Risk Assessment
Safeguarding
Gate keeping
Home Treatment
NHS 111 option 2 Out of hours
MDT collaborative working
Communicating with stakeholders
Supervise junior team members
Facilitate early discharge
Physical health assessment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Band 6 Registered Professional within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health care to individuals experiencing acute psychiatric crises. This role operates within a multidisciplinary, age-independent service that provides 24/7 support, aiming to assess, treat, and stabilise individuals in the least restrictive environment, primarily within their own homes. The overarching objective is to promote recovery, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, and facilitate early discharge from inpatient services wherever possible.
The Band 6 Registered Professional in the CRHT is a highly skilled and autonomous practitioner who plays a critical role in delivering urgent mental health care in the community. By combining clinical expertise, leadership, and compassionate care, the practitioner supports individuals through crisis, promotes recovery, and contributes to the overall effectiveness of mental health services. The role requires adaptability, strong decision-making abilities, and a commitment to high standards of care in a complex and fast-paced environment.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent written communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in Acute Mental health care setting
- Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
- Proven experience of people management
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN, DipCOT
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and Theory
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree / diploma
- Relevant training and experience specialist short courses e.g. STORM
- Evidence of continuing professional development
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This advert is for Community Psychiatric Nurse with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Coventry, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Jul 2026.
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