Community Psychiatric Nurse (HTT)

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated Crisis Assessment Practitioner (Band 6) to join our Enhanced Night Home Treatment Team (HTT) within the Trust’s Crisis Pathway.

This is a newly developed role, reflecting the Trust’s commitment to strengthening out-of-hours crisis provision and ensuring people experiencing acute mental health crisis receive timely, high-quality assessment, intervention and support overnight.

The Enhanced Night HTT provides a 7-day, out-of-hours function, working closely with day HTTs, Liaison Psychiatry, Emergency Departments, the Mental Health Crisis Line and inpatient services to support people in crisis and reduce unnecessary admissions.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of crisis care, within a developing and innovative service model.

As a Band 6 Crisis Assessment Practitioner, You Will

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, including risk assessment and formulation, for people presenting in crisis overnight.
• Provide short-term therapeutic and crisis interventions in line with HTT and Trust models of care.
• Develop and review collaborative care and safety plans with service users and carers.

Make clinically informed decisions regarding admission, home treatment, onward referral or discharge, in line with agreed pathways.

Work autonomously within professional scope of practice, with access to senior clinical advice and on-call medical support.

Liaise closely with Liaison Psychiatry, ED teams, wards, police, LAS, MHCL and community services to ensure safe handover and continuity of care.

Contribute to MDT discussions, escalation processes and overnight operational problem-solving.

Ensure accurate, timely and high-quality clinical documentation.

Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement activity within the Enhanced Night HTT.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Tooting (Wandsworth)

Our Trust headquarters is located within the impressive grounds of Springfield University Hospital in Tooting. This is easily accessible via the Northern Line (Tooting Bec Station) and via private transport. Our main site is located immediately next to Tooting High Street where staff can easily access a range of shops, cafés and restaurants.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joan Henshaw Job title: Clinical Manager – Crisis Pathway Email address: joan.henshaw@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0203 513 5016