Urgent Care Practitioner

Job overview

We have an opportunity for Band 6 Urgent Care Practitioner to join to join the Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) at Langley Green Hospital in Crawley,  West Sussex. We would particularly welcome applications from  qualified Occupational Therapists and / or Social Workers.

CRHTT is a part of urgent care and works closely with the acute hospital and community teams to support service-users experiencing a mental health crisis. It offers service-users' care and support in their own homes as an alternative to hospital admission.

CRHTT are able to offer all the benefits of a hospital admission while remaining at home including home visits from our experienced team, with support from doctors and psychology. We also facilitate supportive discharge from hospital, managing the transition back to community-based service.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Main duties of the job

As an Urgent Care Practitioner in CRHTT you will work in partnership with service users with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of top-quality care to service users. This will include working alongside service users, carers, families and partner agencies. You will be providing specialist clinical advice, conducting clinical procedures, and monitoring the effectiveness of treatments to progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

You will also be involved in providing clinical supervision to junior staff and students. This will include acting as shift co-ordinator,  as well as allocating and delegating tasks to colleagues. You will be expected to liaise with other services and external agencies to triage referrals to the service and gatekeep inpatient admissions. This is a genuine opportunity to develop your leadership skills if you are looking for career progression in the future

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Urgent Care Practitioner in our team you will have:

-          Professional Registration (RMN, Social Work, Occupational                      Therapy)

-          Experience of working in urgent mental health care

-          Experience of working with people with complex needs

-          Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

It would also be advantageous if you have:

• Experience of supervising staff
• Driving License and a car

The service operates 7 days a week and there will be an expectation to work weekends.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert