Senior CRISS Clinician — Crisis & Treatment

Senior CRISS Practitioner

The Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS) is a dynamic and flexible service which offers crisis assessments and home-based treatment over a 24hr period, 365 days a year for working age adults across the city. The service went through a change in 2024 to bring together crisis assessment and home based treatment in locality bases across the city in line with core fidelity standards.

We’re looking for skilled senior practitioners who can help shape the service going forward and are currently recruiting to one permanent and one temporary band 6 position. The temporary position can be offered as a 12 month contract, or as a secondment for internal applicants. Vacancies are within the West team based at St Mary’s Hospital in Armley.

Successful applicants will work across the service undertaking shift coordinator responsibilities, crisis assessments and home-based treatment interventions. We welcome applications from Occupational Therapists, Social Workers or Mental Health Nurses to join our multidisciplinary team. You will operate within a community setting, work within an MDT that aims to reduce admissions to hospital, facilitate early discharge through home-based treatment interventions, and work closely with inpatient and community services to provide an alternative to inpatient admission and support transition to community services.

This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to develop and provide leadership to the wider team while working clinically. You will actively participate and provide management and clinical supervision to other members of the team, and you will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role.

It is essential that applicants hold a full driver’s licence, have access to a vehicle for work purposes, and are able to undertake night shifts.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT, including employee wellbeing support, 27–33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes such as for cars and extra leave days.

To work closely with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) in overseeing efficiency and effectiveness of treatment and supporting the CTM in carrying out their duties.

To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement and continuous improvement.

To work as an integrated member of the clinical team, participating in all aspects of day‑to‑day service provision.

Band 6 practitioners work with a shared caseload of service users and, as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, provide same‑day/urgent assessment, care planning and care delivery. This includes highly skilled nursing/AHP care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, risk assessments and risk management, and promotion of recovery and inclusion.

Band 6 practitioners also provide leadership, management, and supervision/appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi‑disciplinary team) and often lead, coordinate or supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.

In some roles, specialist skills and knowledge may be required. Band 6 practitioners will often have designated areas of practice to lead within the team.

Band 6 practitioners will be required to regularly take charge of a team, delegate, and supervise the work of other staff.

Practitioners are expected to consistently demonstrate the Six Cs—care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.

Practitioners will be…