Crisis Care Practitioner - County South
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Clinician to join the County South Crisis Team as a Crisis Care Practitioner. The team provides rapid response and intensive home support for adults experiencing acute psychiatric crises, working collaboratively with community teams and partner organisations. The role involves providing mental health assessments, triaging referrals, and delivering effective clinical services within the Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Service. The successful candidate will be an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with proven post-qualification experience and sound knowledge of risk assessment.
Key responsibilities
- Devolved Management, Leadership and development role
- Ensuring and supporting the effective delivery of clinical practice by the CRHT team
- Provide mental health assessments within a variety of settings
- Triage referrals coming into the service
- Working collaboratively and in partnership with other statutory, non-statutory and voluntary teams, agencies and organisations
- Ability to demonstrate clinical expertise in mental illness / health
- To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings
- To demonstrate high level communication skills.
- Working to a rota shift system covering 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Travel is expected as an essential part of the role
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Occupational Therapy, at Diploma or degree level
- Evidence of learning and development post qualification
- Relevant post registration experience in adult mental health.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of working in acute mental health care
- Competency in completing comprehensive mental health assessments and assessments of risk.
- Experience in the development of robust care plans and risk management plans
- Understanding of responsibilities in relation to the mental health act, mental capacity act, CPA, and safeguarding
- Competency in meeting the expected performance and data quality targets for the role in a timely manner and an understanding of the importance of this.
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
- Qualification in mentorship/education of students appropriate to professional qualification
- Knowledge of comprehensive mental health assessments
- Current knowledge and understanding of acute mental health needs and an ability to demonstrate clinical competence.
- Able to clearly evidence knowledge of effective assessment risk and of risk management
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community based, mental health team.
- Experience of crisis management
- Managerial/clinical leadership skills
- Experience of managing a duty system
- Experience of delegation of clinical tasks and management of team diary
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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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Crisis Care Practitioner - County South
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinician to join the County South Crisis Team as a Crisis Care Practitioner.
The CRHT team provide rapid response and intensive home support for adults who are experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. We also work with our community teams and partner organisations to provide a range of support options for people experiencing mental health crisis.
If you are a confident experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our team of Consultant Psychiatrists, Junior Doctors, Non-Medical Prescribers, Nurses, Social Workers and Support Workers providing rapid response for adults who are experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis.
You will be an experienced Clinician and will have proven post qualification experience. You will have a sound knowledge of risk assessment and demonstrate sound evidenced based practice. Experience of working in a crisis team or community setting will be advantageous.
The post holder will participate in the delivery of effective clinic
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