CRISS Practitioner

Posting date:	28 July 2025
Salary:	£31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£31049.00 - £37796.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 August 2025
Location:	Leeds, LS10 4BS
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9173-25-0291

Summary

The successful Occupational Therapists/Mental health nurse or social worker will work with a range of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing triage, assessment and interventions to support recovery and inclusion. This will include the provision of highly skilled assessments, psychological interventions, safety planning, and contributing to formulations. Band 5 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and usually as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing same day/urgent assessment, care planning, care delivery, and conducting telephone triages under the supervision of a more senior nurse. This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. The band 5 practitioner will operate within a community setting may require to lone work, however can utilize the team to manage risks where support is needed. When working in the crisis resolution you will complete assessments alongside a band 6 practitioner for decision making purposes and assess risk for those potentially unknown to services. You will also work closely with inpatient and community services, providing an excellent alternative to inpatient admission and supporting in transitions points for services users to community services. In this role you will be under the supervision of Band 6 and Band 7 practitioners and can gain support from the wider team also. You will have regular clinical and management supervision. You will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role. Communicates in an effective manner with all patients and carers, ensuring use of additional services where required, e.g translation services, communication aids, visual aids. To provide advice, support and information to service users and carers. Promotes effective team working to provide high quality care through effective communication and liaison. Ensure effective communication with the team and more senior team members during the planning, implementation and evaluations of care Liaise with other agencies, providers, service users/carers during the planning implementation and evaluations of care as appropriate to the role To establish and maintain close and effective relationships with inpatient and CMHT colleagues. Maintains effective communication and liaison systems which ensures the accurate and timely distribution and receipt of information (on a shift by shift basis) and is able to delegate responsibilities and duties where necessary. Is aware of the limitations of their own role and utilises senior support and advice systems (including 24hr management advice structure) May provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues if approached Attends local team and clinical meetings as required/ requested. Attends care group meetings as required/ designated representing the team, give feedback as appropriate. To adhere to all professional and Trust policies including the reporting of Trust incidents, complaints procedure and information governance. Adhere to the Lone Working policy as appropriate Provide a calm and confident resource to colleagues in stressful situations Act calmly & supportively with people who experience and express extreme emotions and thoughts, in a sometimes-challenging manner. Exercise skills in de-escalation of distress and anger. Actively promote and support a client centred approach to care, founded in a philosophy of service user involvement. Develop and follow integrated care plans and document Crisis Plans for individual clients and their family and carers, ensuring that the service user, and where appropriate carer, has an up to date copy of their plan. Post holder will be involved in the risk assessment of individuals (in conjunction with other members of the team, service users and their carers). They will ensure appropriate plans of action are in place to manage identified risks Receptive to constructive feedback on clinical practice Participate in managerial supervision and participate in performance review/appraisal with an identified supervisor. Will maintain and produce detailed contemporaneous and accurate records and reports, in accordance with agreed procedures. Will possess IT literacy skills and have the ability to work with electronic care records. To use professional judgement and exercise professional accountability in all aspects of clinical practice. To work flexibly ensuring the services are delivered safely and timely.. The post holder will abide by their professional Codes of Practice and work in accordance with Trust policy and procedures