Band 6 Home Treatment/Crisis Response Nurse

Our client has a job vacancy for a Band 6 Home Treatment/Crisis Response Nurse to work in Liverpool. This vacancy has an initial 3 month contract and the pay rate for this role is 23-25 per hour (limited company worker).

Duties:
* Screening referrals from various agencies such as social services, community mental health teams and general practitioners
* Assessing cases to determine whether they meet the criteria for intervention in the community or to be admitted into hospital.
* Emergency assessments under the Mental Health Act.
* Supporting clients by working with secondary agencies such as housing, social services, counselling services, and financial institutions etc. on their behalf with the aim of alleviating any pressure that is being brought to bear on them that may be affecting their mental health.
* Participating in a team (doctors, nurses, social workers and occupational therapists) approach to discussion of cases and finding the best evidence based solutions.
* Very effective use of the electronic patients' records for the gathering of information on which to make clinical as well as other decisions, for surveys and for research purposes.

Requirement:
* All applicants must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse (part 3 or 13) with a valid NMC registration.
* Applicants must have at least 2 years recent post registration experience working within mental health.
* Understanding by the post holder of their responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983.
* Understanding by the post holder of their responsibilities under the Care programme Approach, Clinical Governance, Risk Assessment and Child Protection Legislationif you are interested in this position please click below to apply now.

What you can expect from Sanctuary Mental Health:
* Support from a dedicated consultant with extensive mental health/learning disabilities experience
* Choice of a variety of positions throughout the UK within many specialism's
* Excellent rates of pay
* Automatic job alerts tailored to your requirements and experience
* PAYE or LTD company payments
* Excellent Referral Scheme - 250 for each successfully placed referral

Sanctuary Mental Health dedicate themselves to delivering Registered Mental Health Nurses, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Registered Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers, Advanced Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Care Coordinators and Mental Health Occupational Therapists.

About Sanctuary:
* Preferred supplier to 180 local authorities and organisations such as the NHS, Social Services and Private Hospitals.
* We have our own DBS (formerly CRB) umbrella body, including faster online DBS applications
* Double winners of the 2012 national Recruiter Awards for Excellence in the 'Best Public Sector Recruitment Agency' and 'Best Client Service' categories
* Six-time winners of the Archant Recruitment awards