# Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/crisis-and-home-treatment-practitioner/18ec62a4-e5e7-456f-a35f-8d5c572d5f6f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/crisis-and-home-treatment-practitioner/18ec62a4-e5e7-456f-a35f-8d5c572d5f6f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Doncaster - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (covering maternity leave) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (24/7 rota work) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T15:01:00.715Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Rotherham/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Crisis_Resolution_Home_Treatment/Crisis_Resolution_Home_Treatment-v8039254 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8039254?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The service triages and assesses all urgent and emergency referrals to identify the most appropriate service to meet individual need when persons are experiencing a mental health crisis. This involves telephone triage, support and signposting and face to face full needs assessment care planning and referring on to relevant services. The team currently consists of Community Mental Health Nurses, Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrist and other associated medical staff. The team provide a service over a 24/7 period encompassing a varied shift pattern. ### Main duties of the job To provide a clinical service that is service user focussed. To triage all mental health referrals to the Crisis Team to determine the priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway. To carry out full assessments of needs including comprehensive risk assessments of persons referred or self -referred to the service. To recommend and refer, where treatment/intervention is indicated, to the most appropriate team/ service utilising all available resources. To identify where appropriate treatment based interventions for all service users ensuring that best practice is implemented. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications ## Job Details The service triages and assesses all urgent and emergency referrals to identify the most appropriate service to meet individual need when persons are experiencing a mental health crisis. This involves telephone triage, support and signposting and face to face full needs assessment care planning and referring on to relevant services. The team currently consists of Community Mental Health Nurses, Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrist and other associated medical staff. The team provide a service over a 24/7 period encompassing a varied shift pattern. ## Job Description To provide a clinical service that is service user focussed. To triage all mental health referrals to the Crisis Team to determine the priority for service response and the appropriate clinical pathway. To carry out full assessments of needs including comprehensive risk assessments of persons referred or self -referred to the service. To recommend and refer, where treatment/intervention is indicated, to the most appropriate team/ service utilising all available resources. To identify where appropriate treatment based interventions for all service users ensuring that best practice is implemented. ## Responsibilities Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Assessing, formulating, and working with people & families presenting in heightened state of distress and trauma. - Ability to demonstrate an understanding, empathic approach - Ability to use initiative and work without immediate supervision - Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning. - Access to transport and the ability to travel between the required geographical area - Brief psychological interventions and skills to support emotional dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, high levels of distress and trauma ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidenced based clinical interventions relevant to the service and role. - Relevant specialist clinical courses/training. - Trauma Informed Care Models of care and treatment relevant to working with people in mental health crisis. - Evidence of continuing professional development. - An understanding of current mental health disorder / issues - Up to date clinical knowledge including risk assessment, complex health and social care needs **Desirable** - System One Knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework for mental health services, particularly the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. - Knowledge and understanding of the roles of other professionals working within mental health setting across health and social care ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate demonstrable experience of working with older people with mental health problems - Knowledge of appropriate legislation e.g. current Mental Health Act legislation, safeguarding legislation and other policy related to mental health. - Excellent assessment and analytical skills. - Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative. - Evidence of substantial experience as a qualified clinician. - Mental health care/treatment relevant to service. - Multi -agency working /working across service interfaces within a health and social care setting. Experience of assessing and managing risk. - Structured Clinical Management - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy - Mentalisation Based Therapies **Desirable** - Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff - Experience of teaching/ leadership of others. - Older adult age -related common physical / mental health conditions. - Demonstrated a preference to work in the intended speciality - Specialist knowledge of evidenced based interventions in the treatment of complex emotional needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - Mental Nursing Certificate (RMN) Registration on NMC - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development **Desirable** - Clinical supervision qualification - Mentor/Teaching/Practice Educator (clinical practice) qualification/ certificate or equivalent experience. ## Documents - [jd & ps (docx, 57.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354221) - [main terms and conditions (pdf, 406.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515) - [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789) - [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.