Mental Health Practitioner Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

St Helens, WA9 3DE

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

22/03/2026

Mid Mersey Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment are currently looking to recruit Band 6 practitioners to join the team.

Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis.

The Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment service offers to provide intensive home support to services users as an alternative to hospital admission.

Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment work collaboratively with a variety of services to support service users at home.

Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment's main base is St Helens and will cover other surrounding boroughs; Halton, Warrington & Knowsley.

The post holder will be expected to work on a rotational shift basis in accordance with service demands, this includes working weekends and night shifts, The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the framework of Effective Care Co-ordination (ECC). The post holder will operate as part of an integrated Home Treatment Service but be expected to be flexible in terms of delivering care within a variety of environments.

The team will work to assess and provide treatment to service users with complex needs.

Alternative options to admission will be considered where possible.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.

The post holder will be expected to participate in a 24hr roster system 7 Days a week, on a rotational basis as and when the service demands.

Responsibilities

1. Formulate, contribute to, and participate in, the development and implementation of assessment and care planning systems in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
2. Manage a caseload within the Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team.
3. Carry out generic and specialist assessments, including risk, and provide therapeutic interventions/home treatments within the most appropriate setting in accordance with the service users and/or carers' needs.
4. Complete Gatekeeping for all Inpatient admission requests across the Merseyside footprint.
5. Assess whether users can be managed safely within the community promoting quicker recovery.
6. Assess risks and collaboratively develop safety plans with users/carers.
7. Ensure effective liaison with inpatient units across the Trust to facilitate early discharges or to undertake reviews of those users placed out of area.
8. Act as the Duty Practitioner /2nd Duty, as part of a rotational roster.
9. Fully participate in ECC undertaking a care-coordinator role as appropriate.
10. Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
11. Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
12. Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.
13. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
14. Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
15. Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision and act as Named Nurse as required.
16. Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
17. Act as knowledge resource in specialist area of practice to other team members and other agencies as required.
18. Where indicated and following completion of the relevant training the practitioner will act as a non-medical prescriber, at all times working within their sphere of clinical competence.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Mar 2026

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