Urgent and Crisis Service Nurse / Social worker (Out of hours working)

Job overview

Urgent and crisis service- come and join the team!

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse or Social worker?

Is the idea of working Out of Hours appealing to you?

Do you have a desire to be part of the developing Sheffield Urgent and Crisis Mental Health Service?

Look no further, apply here!

We are a knowledgeable, motivated and supportive team looking for enthusiastic individuals.

Our aim is to ensure that people experiencing a mental health crisis are offered assessment and intervention quickly and effectively.

Main duties of the job

The Urgent and Crisis services is situated at the Longley Centre within the Crisis Hub, it is a 24 hour service that works all year round, providing Crisis assessments and Urgent interventions for up to 72 hours for the people experiencing crisis in Sheffield.

The team works alongside the NHS 111 mental health option provision, Home Treatment Team, AMHP team and Decisions Unit. We act in line with the UK triage rating scale in order to provide the right service at the right time for patients in crisis.

You will need to be a RNMH,or social worker with experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health setting. Skills in assessing mental health and risk, planning, evaluating, and managing care are essential.  Knowledge and understanding of PDR and supervision processes are also essential requirements for the post together with a commitment to the appraiser and supervisor role.  Additionally, you will need to possess excellent communication skills, be motivated, able to work independently, and as part of a multidisciplinary team and with other partnership agencies.  You should have a positive approach to meeting the needs of our service users and be able to demonstrate continued professional development. There will be further opportunities for training and development .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To triage urgent/crisis mental health referrals from a variety of sources and to establish an appropriate response.
• To offer mental health assessment, formulation and time limited treatment planning for individuals needing an urgent/crisis response.
• To provide a resource of highly specialised, time limited interventions to individuals for up to 72 hours following assessment.
• To work with other disciplines and teams within Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust to ensure service users benefit from a multi-disciplinary approach that best matches clinical need.

Job description

We work together, We are respectful & kind, We are Inclusive and We keep improving.

• To work flexibly to develop team working and to ensure consistent standards of service delivery throughout wider services. • To actively participate in developing team function through tests of change, measuring outcomes, audit and service evaluation. • To work in co-production with service users, providing a high quality and flexible service to meet individual’s needs. • To develop strong links and protocols with other services to ensure smooth and timely transitions for patients moving between services
• To include families / carers in decision making and planning

This post is an Out of Hours post , 3 x 12.5 hrs shifts a week.

Shift patterns are-

Twilight -15:00 to 04.00 hrs with 30 minutes break

Nights - 19.15 to 08.15hrs with 30 minutes break

Weekend/Bank Holiday day shifts -07.15 to 20.15 hrs with 30 minutes break