We are looking to recruit a Community Psychiatric Nurse for our Home Treatment Team. Working within the home treatment function, delivering support to patients and their families using evidence-based, profession-specific and general mental health knowledge, providing client‑centred, recovery‑oriented principles and practice for individuals, families and carers referred to the Service. You will also work within the Rapid response function, undertaking assessments 24/7 received from the Urgent Mental Health Helpline, as well as undertaking gatekeeping assessments. To work in accordance with Trust and Home Treatment Team Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach. To provide an alternative to inpatient admission, treating patients in their home environment who are presenting in a crisis with significant distress. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Responsibilities
- Working with service users referred to the Home Treatment Team and Rapid Response Service.
- Screening and working with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis, providing assessment or short‑term interventions until the crisis is resolved.
- Providing short‑term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions.
- Ensuring documentation is reviewed and updated in line with quality improvement standards.
- Leading the shift, coordinating and allocating work to the wider multidisciplinary team and prioritising workloads.
- Contributing to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
- Contributing to the delivery of specialist/professional training packages and in‑service training and staff development when necessary.
- Fulfilling the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own up‑to‑date training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision, supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
- Desirable further training relevant to the role.
- Mentorship or practice educator qualification.
- Experience working in mental health services.
- Experience of prioritising casework and allocating/delegating tasks to others.
- Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
- Experience working within a Crisis Home Treatment Team.
- Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care (e.g. Care Programme Approach, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment).
- Understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
- Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers, and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations.
- Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.
- Ability to motivate, empower and enable others.
- Leadership skills.
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