Mental Health Crisis Team Nurse

The successful applicants will participate in a duty rota of early, late or long day shifts covering 7 days a week and we are committed to supporting staff to balance home and work life. We are a friendly and supportive team with strong leadership and direction. Our work is interesting and varied with plenty of opportunities to learn new skills both in the workplace and via our excellent Learning & Development team. The role is predominantly based in Aylesbury and may require some wider travel within the county. We would welcome clinicians who are keen to develop or further enhance their skills in a variety of areas and to help shape this exciting and developing service. To carry out the initial assessments of service users who meet the referral criteria of the CRHTT and to undertake short term treatment where appropriate. To manage, formulate and implement treatment plans, delivering care under the clinical model. To evaluate effectiveness whilst working within the framework of Risk Assessment. To report all relevant information to the referring agent and keep them informed of the serviceusers progress. To assess, plan, set goals with the service user, carers and families; implement and evaluate careusing bio-psycho-social interventions and skills to meet individual needs. To deliver individual therapeutic activity using therapeutic interventions and skills. To be responsible for monitoring and evaluating treatment plans, transferring service users to the treatment function, other teams within the Trust, or discharging them when appropriate. To liaise and establish good working relationships with referring agents, colleagues in Primary Care services, Social Services, Community Mental Health Teams, Assertive Outreach, In-Patient services, Criminal Justice, Voluntary Sector and other agencies as appropriate. To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and to attend professionals meetings and other work led meetings as required. Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for full duties.