Band 7 - Crisis Response Team Leader

6 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

You will work as a Team Leader in the Crisis Response Team. The post will involve completing crisis complex mental health assessments and being a point of reference for advice and guidance to junior staff who require support with complex cases.

You will have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within the Crisis Response Team. This will include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.

The Crisis Response Team is one of three teams that provide crisis and urgent access to secondary mental health services. You will be expected to work closely with the Band 7 Team Leaders from the other teams that make up the Urgent Care Pathway - Hospital Liaison and Home Treatment teams - in order to ensure effective service provision and compliance with Key Performance Indicator targets

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required. Participation in projects to review and develop service provision is a requirement for this post.

A core function of this post will be the implementation of a Crisis Intervention service for service users who do not require intensive support to prevent admission, but will need a short period of intervention in order to support improvement in mental health and facilitate step down to primary care. Stabilisation work and medication management will provide the framework for this intervention.

In delivering your duties, you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;
- Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures
- To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage
- To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy
- To provide management supervision where appropriate
- You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts, where appropriate and operationally required.

EPUT offer a fantastic relocation package of up to £8,000. Covering a number of expenditures for new recruits relocating from 30 miles or more from their new work base at EPUT.


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