Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (long days and nights)
- Job ref
- 363-BED7764330
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Florence Ball House
- Town
- Bedford
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Crisis Pathway Mental Health Practitioner
6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
The CRHTT operates a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week service for people aged 18 years and above who are experiencing a mental health crisis or requiring support to be discharged from the acute wards. The service will maintain focus on identifying, assessing and care planning for servicer users.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to be self-motivating with the ability to demonstrate accurate formulations of mental state, risk and need for people in a mental health crisis and take into account medical, social & cultural factors and referring on to other disciplines in the team or other agencies as appropriate within the given time frames for the service. In particular you will be expected to assess and update risk on each contact and be fully aware of the safeguarding concerns.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To work within a multidisciplinary mental health assessment service, assessing referrals from various sources including GPs, CRHTT and the acute admission wards and providing home treatment for patients accepted on to our caseload.
· To be a part of the assessment or the home treatment team within the Crisis Team.
· To provide Gatekeeping and feedback based on the CRHTT criteria.
· To provide comprehensive risk assessments incorporating baseline physical assessments.
· Provide expert advice on the management, treatment interventions and diagnosis of patients experiencing a mental health crisis with the aim of minimising risks, ensuring safe care and promote recovery.
· Provide support to acute hospital wards and facilitate early discharge of patients or support them while on leave and reduce length of stay for patients in hospital.
· To use a range of psycho-social interventions to improve mental health outcomes for patients
· To reduce re-admissions to the acute hospitals by facilitating client education and service user led recovery and independence as well as longer term support.
· To provide seamless care from the GP or ward to community for those patients under our service.
· To act on a regular basis as a shift co-ordinator assigning colleagues work for the day.
· Be aware of and adhere to our lone worker policy.
· When required supervise and facilitate the administration of medication.
· Participate in the multi-disciplinary team meetings as well as team and business meetings.
· To promote social inclusion, community access and participation through the provision of client care.
Where appropriate and with authorisation, act as an advocate for patients and carers
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Crisis Pathway experience
- Experience with conducting telephone assessments
- Post qualification experience in the field of adult and/or older adult
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs of care, particularly in an acute care or older adult community setting
- Experience of suicide prevention work
- Must have a full UK driving license and business insurance on own vehicle
Desirable criteria
- CAMHS experience
- Older adults experience
- Mentorship sign off desired
- AMHP
Knowldge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, expertise and practical experience of a full range of therapeutic nursing skills and approaches to people with mental health problems aged 18 years and above
- o Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management
- o Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- o Demonstrate an ability to make balanced clinical judgments and decisions
- o Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- o Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of child and adult protection issues
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
- Stacey Wimbleton
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07800554859
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