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.

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered with governing body
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of prioritising a range of needs
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to patients with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge of impact physical health has on mental health
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Act

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.