Crisis Clinician with certificate of sponsorship to the UK
Visa Note
While this employer offers a certificate of sponsorship for skilled worker visas, applicants must verify their eligibility directly with Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust before applying. International candidates should confirm visa requirements, English language proficiency standards, and any additional documentation needed for UK healthcare registration. The certificate of sponsorship does not guarantee visa approval.
Job Details
Company: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Crosslane Hospital, Crosslane, Scarborough, YO12 6DN
Job Title: Crisis Clinician
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part-time
Language: English
Education: Skills
Experience: Qualification
Essential Qualification: Provide leadership, monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
Desirable Qualification: Leadership or management qualification; Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.
Essential Experience: Current professional registration with an approved professional body.
Application Deadline: The closing date is 11 March 2026
Reference Number: 346-NYA-189-25-A
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Certificate of Sponsorship: Available
Employer Website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/
Job Summary
We are looking for a caring, compassionate, energetic and motivated individual who is passionate about improving the mental health of our service users. This is a band 6 post open to Mental Health Nurses, and Allied Health professionals who are currently registered with the NMC, HCPC or SWE.
This is a pivotal role with the acute services pathway as our team is focused on providing evidenced based interventions with the aim to prevent and reduce difficulties experienced by service users and carers during mental health crisis.
The team operates over a 24/7 period providing an All Age Crisis telephone service, Crisis Assessment Service, Health Based Place of Safety and Intensive Home Treatment pathway.
The service can be fast paced, and the ideal applicant will be extremely organised and self-motivated to provide high quality assessment, triage and formulation for service users accessing our service.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of more junior members of the team, prioritising workload and utilising resources appropriately to ensure that service user needs are met.
You will be well supported, with continuing opportunities for your on-going professional development.
You will be offered a staff induction period, during which you will be supernumerary whilst existing team members support you to share your existing knowledge and skills with the team whilst providing you the opportunity to learn and develop new skills from others.
Main Duties of the Job
The primary responsibilities of this Crisis Clinician position include:
- Provide rapid assessment and brief evidence based clinical interventions
- Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients within the Intensive Home Based Treatment Pathway
- Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner
- Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment
- Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures
- Act as the patients and relatives advocate
- Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change
- Champion patients’ rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect
- When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing
About Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family.
We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at TEWV.
It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here: generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package; work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing; career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes; car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars; NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include: counselling services, wellbeing events, long service awards, cycle to work scheme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
- Current professional registration with an approved professional body
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- For registered nurses: MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework
- Clinical Supervisor
- Recognised sign-off mentor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within agreed timescale
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable:
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Skills
Essential:
- Provide leadership, monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Use approved breakaway techniques
Experience
Essential:
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate
- Mentoring or facilitating students on practice placement
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Desirable:
- Leadership or management experience
How to Apply
Apply via NHS Jobs website. International applicants should follow these steps:
- Verify your eligibility for UK work visa and certificate of sponsorship
- Ensure you have current professional registration with a UK-approved body (NMC, HCPC or SWE)
- Gather required documentation including proof of qualifications, experience, and English language proficiency
- Contact the employer directly to discuss visa sponsorship process
- Complete the application through the NHS Jobs portal
All applications will be considered equally, but candidates requiring sponsorship should indicate this in their application. The employer is open to international applicants but final sponsorship decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.
Contact Information
For questions about the job, contact:
Name: Emma Cory (Team Manager)
Email: emma.cory@nhs.net
Phone: 01723384647
Address: Crosslane Hospital, Crosslane, Scarborough, YO12 6DN
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.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Privacy Notice: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust’s privacy notice is available at https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/privacy/
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
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.
This position represents an excellent opportunity for international mental health professionals to build a rewarding career in the UK’s National Health Service while making a significant difference in the lives of people experiencing mental health crises.