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Position: Mental Health Nurse/OT or Social Worker
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata
Location: Derby
Employer: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Application Deadline: 13th September 2026
Job summary
Are you a dynamic, confident and motivated Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with excellent communication skills with the ability to assess and lead on clinical decision making?
If so, we would really like to hear from you.
This is an exciting role, working in a fast paced working environment within a well-established, multi-disciplinary team. The Crisis and Home Treatment Team offer a high quality assessment and home treatment service as an alternative to hospital admission to individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis.
As a service we are looking for individuals who are genuinely warm and engaging and focussed on client / customer satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
- To provide first line assessments of people experiencing acute mental health difficulties and act as gatekeepers to acute admissions.
- To be able to rapidly assess people with mental health problems who are vulnerable to hospital admission.
- To provide specialist crisis assessments looking at the focus being on “hospital at home”.
- To co-ordinate the Crisis and Home Treatment Team on a shift by shift basis, acting as Duty Worker to triage referrals, plan the shifts activities and team accordingly.
- To participate in team MDMs.
About us
Join ‘Team Derbyshire Healthcare’ and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people’s lives’.
CQC rated us as ‘GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous and relevant post-registration experience
- Assessment experience
Desirable
- U&A Services experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
- Current registration with the relevant professional body, eg NMC, HCPC, Social Work England
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.