Crisis Clinician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and skilled Crisis Clinician to join the Durham and Darlington Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment Team. The role involves working with individuals experiencing mental health crises, providing intervention as an alternative to hospital admission. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, operating on a 24/7 shift pattern, and will be responsible for clinical leadership and gatekeeping admissions to acute wards. Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience and relevant professional registration.
Key responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership to more junior team members.
- Prioritise workload and utilise resources effectively to meet service user needs.
- Gatekeep admissions to acute admission wards.
- Provide a service to individuals presenting with a mental health crisis, offering crisis intervention as an alternative to admission.
- Act on own initiative and demonstrate sound assessment and written skills.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework) at time of application
- Clinical Supervisor.
- Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Use approved breakaway techniques
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health
- Working collaboratively with service users, their families and carers
- Provide clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting
- Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Leadership or management experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Crisis Clinician
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and work within the Durham and Darlington Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment Team. Successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to work within our Durham site based at Lanchester Road Hospital.
We have a post available within our service and we arelooking for passionate, skilled qualified clinicians to join us.
The team takes a recovery orientated, formulation driven approach which values shared decision making.
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying.
This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Main duties of the job
The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week, 12 hour shift pattern.
This is a band 6 post open to registered nurses, occupational therapists and social workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC or SWE.
You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary tea
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