Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekends)
- Job ref
- 367-AA&UC-101387-A
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CRHTT colne house
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
CRHTT team leader
NHS AfC: Band 7
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
In conjunction with other members of the management team, to lead in the development and implementation of the Crisis Resolution and Home treatment Team (CRHTT) providing a high-quality service to meet the needs of people in acute phases of mental illness, and their carers. To ensure the continued efficient and effective management of the team, providing leadership and supervision to a multi-disciplinary staff group.
The postholder will act in support of the CRHTT Manager, deputising and carrying out delegated roles, duties and responsibilities as required, as part of the Sector team Management structure
This postholder will carry responsibility for leading the CRHT Team
Main duties of the job
Provide Operational Management of a Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team with responsibility for a 24-hour, 7 day a week service. Establish and maintain effective inter-agency and inter-team communication and liaison systems including protocols relating to admission and discharge from the acute inpatient unit. Maintain effective joint working with the locality ACMHS, PATH and other community-based teams according to local circumstances.
Provide operational and clinical caseload supervision to all team members. Where appropriate make arrangements for additional professional supervision to be available to team members.
Develop, establish and monitor operational policies and protocols which reinforce the nature of collaborative and ‘best practice’ service provision. Establishing and maintaining quality care standards and procedures which support the aims of Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust and the ethos of Liaison work. Ensure the service meets the strategic needs of the Partnership Trust. Monitor the service caseload ensuring the team’s activities are targeted to meet clients/patients, fulfilling the agreed criteria. Maintain the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 (and its updates) and CPA, ensuring that the team members are able to assume Care Co- ordination responsibility.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure the availability of a rapid response to an urgent request for people in A&E who are deemed to be in acute mental health crisis.
Provide routine and urgent Mental Health Liaison to the District General Hospital.
Ensure involvement in the co-ordination, liaison and integration of activities from other services or agencies in the provision of a CPA package.
Participate in risk assessment and risk management activities.
Maintain service activities in line with the agreed referral and assessment criteria.
Provide a flexible service, 24 hour, 7 days a week.
To develop the service in line with NSF guidelines (and their successors) and Trust strategy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN- Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing or,Occupational Therapy Degree/ Diploma or Dip SW/CQSW or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Cert or Dip in Management Relevant skills-based training BSc Community Specialist Practitioner, Graduate Specialist MHL training
experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and relevant experience of working with people with acute mental illness
- Multi-professional working/case management
- Service development and Change Management
- Bio-Psycho-social models of care
- Knowledge of physical health contributions to Mental Health issues, difficulties and assessment
Desirable criteria
- Management/leadership of a multi-professional service
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear understanding of aims and processes of Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment within the context of Community and Acute Mental Health provision
- An understanding of the needs of people with acute mental health problems
- The ability to provide and implement an appropriate needs-led assessment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Teresa Maher
- Job title
- interim operational manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07868926857
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Colonnades
Hatfield
AL10 8YE
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