Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with a genuine passion for supporting those in mental health crisis? We would welcome experienced registrants or those seeking a development pathway from Band 5 to 6.
A £3,000 Recruitment Premium lump sum on commencement of employment and thereafter a further £1,500 Retention Premium (pro-rata) per annum, paid in equal monthly instalments provided you remain in post and subject to review by the Trust.
Connection is Dorset’s 24/7 open access mental health crisis service, Access Mental Health Dorset. Connection is moving forward; this is a time to join us for the next stages of our service development, increasing face-to-face community assessment work and working collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure people in mental health crisis receive the right support.
You will direct clinical assessments, advice and support, supervise our fantastic mental health support workers, give clinical advice to other agencies and emergency services, co-ordinate urgent and emergency responses, and liaise with a range of internal and external services. We are committed to professional development and support, offering internal and external training/education programmes and supervision.
Full and part time available, shift work across 24 hours with enhancements paid after 20:00, plus weekends and Bank Holidays. Flexible working requests considered. Based at St Anns Hospital with no option for working from home.
Telephone and face-to-face mental health assessments, brief clinical interventions and support, signposting and referrals.
Validating, de-escalating crisis, and coaching people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies. Using a range of brief interventions, you will empower patients, carers, and families to manage distress and crisis effectively.
As well as telephone-based work, the role also includes the opportunity to complete urgent face-to-face assessments across Dorset when indicated.
Providing clinical advice and support to other professionals and emergency services. Supporting emergency services in accessing the most appropriate support for those presenting in mental health crisis.
The team is part of the Trust Access Mental Health services and works closely with a range of other teams and services, including Home Treatment teams, Liaison Psychiatry, and the Retreats. Overnight, Connection covers the Home Treatment Team caseload and manages any referrals.
Supervising and supporting the Mental Health Support Workers within the team providing guidance and support.
We welcome informal visits and shadow shifts. Contact Jo Blighton at joanne.blighton@nhs.net or on 01202 492882.
This role includes a £3,000 Recruitment Premium lump sum on commencement of employment and thereafter a further £1,500 Retention Premium per annum (pro-rata), paid in equal monthly instalments provided you remain in post and subject to review by the Trust.
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo Blighton Job title: Connection Team Leader Email address: joanne.blighton@nhs.net Telephone number: 01202 492882.
We encourage you to contact us for informal conversations about the role; we are able to organise a visit to come and meet the team.
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