Nurse Practitioner

Base: Crisis Care Centre, Harplands Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) during a period of positive change and ongoing service development. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated practitioner to contribute advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and decision making to our multi-disciplinary team. This substantive Band 7 post will play a key role in delivering safe, responsive, and person‑centred care to individuals experiencing acute mental health crises in the community.

• Provide senior clinical leadership and autonomous decision making in the management of acutely unwell service users in community settings.
• Undertake comprehensive and advanced mental health assessments, including formulation and complex risk management.
• Lead on admission avoidance and facilitate early discharge, supporting reduction in inpatient pressures.
• Prescribe and manage treatment plans within their scope of practice and work collaboratively with medical colleagues where required.
• Liaise effectively with inpatient wards, community services, and partner agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Contribute to ongoing service development, quality improvement, and clinical governance activities.

The Crisis Care Centre is an essential component of the urgent care pathway and provides an all‑age single point of access to mental health services in North Staffordshire, offering a 24‑hour, seven‑day crisis service with an additional option of intensive home treatment as an alternative to an acute inpatient admission. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, it will expand this offer to support individuals in crisis through referrals via NHS 111, as well as a dedicated line for ambulance, police, GP’s and other professionals requiring an urgent mental health response.

The post holder will support the operational team manager in delivering a high‑quality mental health service for individuals presenting in crisis, and will aid in the leadership and development of the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence‑based standards, guidelines, and policies.

Clinical leadership within the team will be expected, including working autonomously within a multidisciplinary framework, providing training and staff development, specialist assessment, clinical support, and time‑limited interventions to service users. The post holder will act as a source of expertise, point of contact within the team, and demonstrate high levels of decision making and clinical judgement.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team’s wellbeing, offering wellness opportunities including flexible working, and supporting the Greener NHS national ambition to become the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. For 2024/2025, we have launched a “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign aligned with the Green Plan.

The Trust is committed to ensuring a diverse workforce that is representative and inclusive at all levels. We welcome applications from all under‑represented groups, including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

For an informal discussion, please contact Leanne Norman, Operational Team Manager, l

For further details or informal visits:
Name:
Leanne Norman – Team Manager – Email: L