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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (7 days a week - 8am - 8pm, weekend working)
Job ref
444-6246958-CG
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whitestone Nuneaton
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum / pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

111 / Crisis Mental Health Telephone Response Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 5

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.   If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

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Job overview

111/Crisis Clinician Band 5 Part time and full-time hours available as well as flexible working arrangements .

Are you looking for a new challenge in an exiting service that really makes a difference to every one’s lives . As a key member of out 111/Crisis line you will be doing just that.

111 option “ mental health “ will provide immediate support to our service users. Giving them access to urgent/crisis telephone triage, support advice and signposting 24/7 .

We are seeking compassionate and motivated people who share our Trusts values  to answer and respond to incoming calls from individual/ Children and young people  experiencing a mental health crisis.

This could be the role for you if you are a Registered mental Health Nurse or professional with a degree in social work, Psychology ,counselling or occupational therapy.  Are compassionate ,empathic and like helping people.

Successful candidates will receive intensive training to equip you for the role as well as a full Trust induction package.

Main duties of the job

  • When a person calls 111/Crisis line , the post holder provide clinical risk and mental state triage  and assessment .
  • The post holder will be expert in de-escalating crisis and supporting people in distress and an emotional state.
  • Using a arrange of interventions to empower patients’ carers and families to manage distress and crisis effectively.
  • Undertake clinical risk assessment in line with CWPT procedures and risk assessment policies.
  • Champion patients’ rights, including dignity, equality, diversity, choice, and respect.
  • Provide advice and guidance on mental health problems.
  • Work without direct supervision to deliver triage of patients via the telephone.
  • Ensure good documentation is provided and entered with the appropriate systems of record keeping.
  • Ensuring client data is accurately recorded; mistakes corrected and brought to Service Manager’s attention.
  • Attend regular supervision sessions with appointed supervisor.
  • Maintain professional relationships with colleagues to ensure professional standards are met.
  • Seek advice and support from senior colleagues/line manager wherever necessary.
  • Attend development forum events to reflect on service improvements.
  • Attend Team meetings and participate in governance responsibilities of maintaining a high standard of care and service provision.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Band 5  post is an integral function of providing telephone support and advise for children and young people up to the age of 18   and their families calling 111 option two/Crisis line  seeking urgent help for their mental health. The post holder  will provide initial triage as well as information, support, signposting and advice about managing mental health.

They will provide compassionate and professional support to callers (including) career’s and will support and assist individuals to cope more effectively with their mental health.

They will assist callers to manage their distress and challenges/difficulties which they might be struggling to deal with and identify immediate and non-immediate responses to 111/crisis line  triage assessments. They will seek advice from the Clinical Leads with any call where the caller may require urgent assessment, or any call which the appropriate response is unclear. The post holder  will be part of the Urgent Care Mental Health Access Hub pathway.

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Shows excellent written communication skills
  • Knowledge gained within a similar environment
  • Experience of handling difficult phone calls at a high level

OTHER

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with Mental Health / Venerable people

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional Qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jade Stanley
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
024 76641799
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