Mental Health Crisis Intervention - Specialist Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner within the Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team, a 24/7 service for adults experiencing acute mental health crises in Hull and East Riding. The post involves leading crisis assessments, planning and delivering interventions, and managing discharges. You will work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team, ensuring quality standards and patient safety. The role also includes shift coordination, supervision of junior staff, and contributing to team development.
Essential criteria
- Use of specialist knowledge and experience acquired in a relevant setting underpinned by theory
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical practice and service
- Diploma or Degree in Professional qualification equivalent to RMN, Registered Social worker, OT or equivalent AHP
- Registration with the HCPC/NMC or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Completed preceptorship programme
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area or similar
- Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Skills and Competencies
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
- Qualifications and Knowledge
- Use of specialist knowledge and experience acquired in a relevant setting underpinned by theory
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical practice and service
- Diploma or Degree in Professional qualification equivalent to RMN, Registered Social worker, OT or equivalent AHP
- Registration with the HCPC/NMC or equivalent
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Completed preceptorship programme
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area or similar
- Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Skills and Competencies
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
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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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Crisis Intervention - Specialist Practitioner
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of a number of band 6 Specialist Practitioners to join our Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team to support service development.
We are a 24/7 Crisis and Home Based Treatment service for adults aged 18-64 (and their families and carers) living in Hull and East Riding who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. We provide crisis assessment and Home Based Treatment Interventions, gatekeeping for inpatient admissions, coordinate and manage the section 136 suite/Mental Health Based Place of Safety pathway at Miranda House and the 111 option 2 Urgent phone line. Our work is diverse, fast paced and clinically rich.
We work closely with our many partner agencies including Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Humberside Police, Secondary, Primary and voluntary care providers and collaboratively with families and carers.
We are seeking professionals with a Mental Health or Learning disability nursing registration or social worker with experience of working within the specialism of Mental Health and we are looking for professionals who are keen to lead on innovation, developing robust care pathways and enhance the patient and carer experience.
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