Job summary
- Main area
- Crisis Resolution Teams
- Grade
- NHS: AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week, including shift work and nights)
- Job ref
- 455-MH4189-FKC-B
- Employer
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HIGHGATE MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,638 - £44,780 £37,638 - £44,780 p.a inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2021 23:59
Employer heading
Crisis Team Clinical Specialist
NHS: AfC: Band 6
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
- Early and Effective Intervention
- Helping People to Live Well
- Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
- We value each other
- We are empowered
- We keep things simple
- We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I values are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Crisis Resolution Team Band 6 Clinical Specialists
We are seeking proactive, dynamic and skilled staff (RMN or OT ) to be appointed as Band 6 Clinical Specialists to work in a fast-paced multidisciplinary Crisis Resolution Team.
We are a 24 hours service, 365 days per year intensive crisis assessment and home treatment service providing mental health crisis care to our local adult residents in the vibrant and diverse boroughs of Camden and Islington.
This is an exciting time to join Islington Crisis Resolution Team, accredited by HTAS (Home Treatment Accreditation Scheme). Always seeking to innovate and develop, we work closely with a 3rd sector crisis house and local crisis café, have recently embedded peer support workers in our CRT and are involved in a number of quality improvement projects.
Working as a Band 6 clinical specialist in the CRT will help you develop strong leadership skills, autonomous decision making, and dynamic risk assessment skills. You will have the opportunity to work across 4 different aspects of the crisis pathway that the service delivers which includes:
Crisis –Single Point of Access
A 24/7 busy telephone service offering support for people in crisis as well as triaging referrals from professionals and the general public to the crisis teams.
Assessments
Undertaking holistic assessments of people in crisis and deciding on collaborative treatment plans as an alternative to acute inpatient care or signposting to appropriate other community or third sector services.
Home Treatment Team
Working as part of a close-knit team to deliver high-quality person-centred care in the least restrictive setting. You will be using and offered training around the use of CBT/DBT, de-escalation techniques, managing risks, brief supportive counselling skills to work towards shared treatment goals with the service user within their social system.
Night Crisis Service
Our crisis service provision at night combines aspects of all 3 services to assess and support people in crisis during night time hours. Currently, the expectation is for the post holder to work approximately 2-night shifts per month.
We have a high rate of positive feedback from our Friends and Family Tests and have a proven track record of current staff career progression.
Training and opportunities we have on offer include:
- Practice Assessor Training
- CBT / DBT courses
- Nurse Prescribing
- In house training with 3rd sector organisations
- Skills swap sessions with London Ambulance Service
- AMHP training for registered staff
- MSc in mental health research at UCL
- Quality Improvement Project training
- In house, CRT training is offered regularly
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship hereWork in the UK. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found hereCriminal records checks for overseas applicants. Not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, check if you’re eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. It’s cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shilpa Nairi
- Additional information
Shilpa Nairi
Operational Service Manager
Crisis Resolution Teams and Crisis Single Point of Access
Tel: 07917 559 036 / 0203 317 7233
Email: shilpa.nairi@candi.nhs.uk
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