Crisis Clinician
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation TrustDarlington, North East
Overview
This is a NHS role (fixed-term) with Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust based in Darlington. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117. It is an Band 6 post. Applications close on 18 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and work within the Darlington Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment Team. This post is to cover m...
The team operates over 24 hours, 7 days a week,12-hour shift pattern.This is a band 6 post open to registered nurses, occupational therapists and social workers with current relevant registration with the NMC, HCPC or SWE.
You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team and there is ample opportunity to develop and enhance your existing clinical skills. You will receive regular supervision and there are good training opportunities.
As a member of the team, you will provide a service to those individuals who present with a mental health crisis who may require a period of crisis intervention as an alternative to admission. Applicants should be highly motivated, have the ability to act on own initiative and have sound assessment and written skills.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Essential: - Current professional registration with an approved professional body.; - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.; - For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.; - 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework); - Clinical Supervisor.; - Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale.; - Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable: - Leadership or management qualification; - Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Essential: - Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.; - Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.; - Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities; - Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice; - Write reports; - Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings; - Use approved breakaway techniques
Essential: - Significant experience working with people with mental ill health; - Working collaboratively with service users, their families and carers; - Provide clinical supervision to individuals or groups in a professional setting; - Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement; - Working in a multi-disciplinary team; - Quality improvement activities
Desirable: - Leadership or management experience
How this role compares
We hold 349 NHS vacancies in North East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays more than about 60% of them.
There are 12,785 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 618 of them in North East.
You have 16 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 59 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has 68 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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