First Responder
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford, BD9 6DPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 October 2026
20 days leftJob description
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker passionate about making a difference in mental health crisis care? ...
- To provide care and interventions, risk and safety management and safeguarding of patients involved with the First Response Service
- To engage in regular supervision with the Team Manager/Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Discuss, reflect and find solutions to challenges experienced in the role
- To deliver a high standard and quality service which enables patients to be supported throughout their care pathway whilst promoting independence and protecting choice, dignity, privacy and safety
- To work in support of other allied health care professionals in the assessment, planning, and evaluation of care and treatment
- To communicate effectively at all times with other services of the Care Trust, other health care professionals and with the patient family, carers/visitors to ensure holistic care is delivered
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefitsincluding :
Increase mileage rates for >4500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plusmany more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported toparticipatein training and toidentifyand implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date ifa sufficient number ofapplications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Experience
Essential: - Substantial experience in Mental health care/treatment relevant to service area.
Desirable: - Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff.
Skills
Essential: - Assessing, formulating and working with people & families presenting in heightened state of distress.; - Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning.
Desirable: - Brief psychological interventions/strategies for managing crisis.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Nursing Certificate (RMN) Current Registration on part 3 or part 13 of NMC register. Or Occupational Therapist registration HPC Or Social Workers registered GSCG with the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable: - Clinical supervision qualification; - Post Graduate level education in psychological therapy
Knowledge
Essential: - Evidenced based clinical interventions relevant to the service.
Desirable: - SystmOne PAS
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
25 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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