Job summaryCrisis Resolution & Home Treatment team (CRHT) are currently looking to recruit Band 6 practitioners to join the team, the footprint covers Halton, Warrington, St Helens & Knowsley
CRHT operates on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis. CRHT offers to provide intensive home support to services users as an alternative to hospital admission. CRHT work collaboratively with a variety of services to support service users at home.
The post holder will be expected to work on a rotational shift basis in accordance with service demands, this includes working weekends and night shifts,
Main duties of the jobThe post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the framework of Effective Care Co-ordination (ECC).
The post holder will operate as part of an integrated Home Treatment Service but be expected to be flexible in terms of delivering care within a variety of environments.
The team will work to assess and provide treatment to service users with complex needs. Alternative options to admission will be considered where possible.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.
The post holder will be expected to participate in a 24hr roster system 7 Days a week, on a rotational basis as and when the service demands.
The core roles include; face to face assessment, specialist mental health assessments, supporting and sharing information with the wider police community and acting in an advisory capacity for people in conjunction with mental health law. The role also involves delivering training and education to police colleague's and signposting to appropriate partner agencies.
About usMersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
DetailsDate posted: 07 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 350-MHC82264766
Job locations: Peasley Cross Hospital, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, WA9 3DE, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities- Formulate, contribute to, and participate in, the development and implementation of assessment and care planning systems in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
- Manage a case load within the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
- Carry out generic and specialist assessments, including risk and provide therapeutic interventions/ home treatments within the most appropriate setting in accordance with the service users and/or carers needs. Complete Gatekeeping for all Inpatient admission requests across the Merseyside footprint. Assess whether users can be managed safely within the community promoting quicker recovery. Assess Risks and collaboratively develop safety plans with users/carers. Ensure effective liaison with inpatient units across the Trust to facilitate early discharges or to undertake reviews of those users placed out of area. Act as the Duty Practitioner /2nd Duty, as part of a rotational roster.
- Fully participate in ECC undertaking a care-coordinator role as appropriate
- Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
- Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
- Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.
- Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
- Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision and act as Named Nurse as required.
- Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
- Act as knowledge resource in specialist area of practice to other team members and other agencies as required.
- Where indicated and following completion of the relevant training the practitioner will act as a non-medical prescriber, at all times working within their sphere of clinical competence.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Appropriate professional qualification (e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker); Evidence of post-registration CPD
Desirable- Working towards Masters level education
KnowledgeEssential- Knowledge of mental health legislation, CPA, safeguarding, equality and human rights, clinical governance and professional codes of conduct.
ExperienceEssential- Working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and crisis intervention.
- Partnership working
- Developing, implementing, and reviewing care and support plans
- Incident reporting
- Experience working with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties.
SkillsEssential- Effective communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Autonomous practice
- Leadership and supervision
- Multidisciplinary working
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
