Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and work within the Tees Crisis Triage and Assessment Team at Roseberry Park Hospital. The team provides 24-hour crisis services to anyone aged over 18 years within the Teesside area.
This is a band 6 post open to registered nurses, occupational therapists, and social workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC, or SWE. 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework is essential.
The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week, 12-hour shift pattern. Full and part-time hours available and 2 x secondment or fixed-term opportunities are also available.
Main Duties of the Job As a member of the team, you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on their own initiative, and have sound assessment and written skills.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of more junior members of the team, prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met. The team is also responsible for gatekeeping admissions to the acute admission wards.
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
About Us We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby. From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care, our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families, and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need to lead their best possible life.
Job Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. Internal applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.
Person Specification Qualifications
Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Clinical Supervisor.
Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator, or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.
Skills
Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate, and prioritise the activities of a team.
Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities.
Experience
Significant experience working with people with mental ill health.
Working collaboratively with service users, their families, and carers.
Provide clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting.
Leadership or management experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata) per annum.
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This is a band 6 post open to registered nurses, occupational therapists, and social workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC, or SWE. 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework is essential.
The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week, 12-hour shift pattern. Full and part-time hours available and 2 x secondment or fixed-term opportunities are also available.
Main Duties of the Job As a member of the team, you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on their own initiative, and have sound assessment and written skills.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of more junior members of the team, prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met. The team is also responsible for gatekeeping admissions to the acute admission wards.
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
About Us We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby. From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care, our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families, and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need to lead their best possible life.
Job Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. Internal applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.
Person Specification Qualifications
Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Clinical Supervisor.
Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator, or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.
Skills
Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate, and prioritise the activities of a team.
Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities.
Experience
Significant experience working with people with mental ill health.
Working collaboratively with service users, their families, and carers.
Provide clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting.
Leadership or management experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata) per annum.
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