Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 47,951 to 56,863 £ / Year

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This postholder will be a member of the North East London NHS 111 option 2 Crisis Service which services the North East London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, City & Hackney, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering and Barking & Dagenham. The postholder will be required to respond to calls and texts made to NHS 111 option 2. The post holder will work with people in crisis and their families who are supporting them and who reside in these boroughs, who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support the band 4 crisis response practitioners in taking calls to the phone line and will be the escalation point for complex calls requiring a qualified practitioner involvement.

The postholder will provide supervision to the band 4 crisis response practitioners as delegated in the governance structure

In conjunction with the senior management team you will ensure safe and effective crisis support is delivered on a consistent basis and that targets are met or are escalated when challenges prevent this

To undertake a comprehensive assessment including risk assessment effectively and efficiently using the triage tool, over the telephone and ensuring an urgent face to face assessment is carried out as appropriate, or the relevant blue light emergency service is deployed.

To agree crisis care plans as appropriate to the triage outcome of the call and to support and advise relatives and care givers.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification/Training

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Work or Allied Health Professional
  • ENB 998 or equivalent

Desirable

  • Brief solution focused therapy and /or motivational interviewing or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience in the field of mental health crisis or equivalent
  • Demonstrable experience of assessing and planning care

Desirable

  • Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring and support to more junior staff

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate well developed and confident professional assessment skills
  • Demonstrate skills in providing effective clinical leadership
  • Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
  • Demonstrate skills in working in a rapidly changing environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 31 October 2026

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