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The Crisis Service is a multi disciplinary team that sits within Community Mental Health Services. We provide a service for individuals with complex mental health, physical and social care needs who present in crisis and may require intensive treatment or care at home as an alternative to hospital admission. We aim to provide care and treatment in the least restrictive manner possible supporting individuals in ways that bring minimal disruption to their lives. We work to support the early discharge of individuals in hospital and are closely involved in discharge planning; this can include assessment whilst on pass and immediate follow up after discharge from acute Inpatient care. As a senior crisis practitioner you will provide clinical leadership within the team, deliver care and treatment to individuals referred to the Crisis Service, you will also liaise with and provide advice to carers. You will work closely with other disciplines and be expected to build good working relationships with Community Mental Health Teams and Inpatient Service providers. You will foster positive connections with other mental health network services including external partners and agencies. Due to the fast paced nature of crisis response work, you will be required to assist the Team Leader and senior staff in the rapid deployment of crisis resources in response to urgent service user need. You will have a responsibility to provide clinical leadership for more junior members of the team. Supervising the practice of, and demonstrating procedures to, students and unqualified staff is an important aspect of the role as is the mentoring of students undergoing basic training. You will actively participate in service planning, development and evaluation. Being able to prioritise your own workload and share responsibility for effective and efficient use of team resources will be important.
Minimum requirements
It is essential that you are currently a Registered Mental Health Nurse with the NMC or an Occupational therapist registered with the Health Professions Council .
Significant post registration experience, with experience of the mental health sector preferably community
Experience of supervising junior staff which may include qualified staff
Evidence of continued professional development
Effective communication skills
Ability to work without direct supervision
This is a permanent full time post with shifts running five days over seven - including evenings, weekends and public holidays.
Informal Contact: Gillian Neal, available on email at Gillian.Neal@ggc.scot.nhs.uk or by telephones at 0141 232 7060.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .