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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 6
Contract
Secondment: 18 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AN-20717
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Langley Green Hospital
Town
Crawley
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum / pro rata for part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/12/2024 08:00

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Urgent Care Practitioner - The Haven

NHS AFC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

An exciting 18 month secondment/fixed term opportunity has arisen at the Langley Green Hospital Haven to cover maternity leave.

The Haven aims to prevent the need for A&E attendance where people are experiencing a mental health crisis and require a period of time (usually up to 23 hours) for assessment and support with onward care and treatment planning. 

Main duties of the job

At the Haven, practitioners are confident and work with a great deal of autonomy. Colleagues are expected to be able to triage referrals and whether patients referred are suitable to attend,  and to conduct thorough and holistic assessments over a 23 hour period.

It is expected that nurses are able to safely plan onward care collaboratively with the person accessing services as well as family and carers enabling safe and effective discharge back into the community and continued recovery from a period of mental health crisis.

We screen and consider referrals from a range of allied professionals including the police, ambulance colleagues, community mental health teams, and mental health liaison teams in A&E departments.

Working at The Haven offers practitioners the opportunity to further develop skills in conducting holistic assessments of a persons' wellbeing, care and treatment planning, a broader understanding of mental health pathways and options for supporting people outside of hospital settings, confidence in collaborating with people accessing services as well as family/carers, and autonomy in delivering high quality care and treatment planning.

Working for our organisation

SPFT provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

  • Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
  • Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
  • With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

  • 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
  • 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
  • 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for motivated, flexible, reliable and experienced practitioners who are keen to continue developing their skills in holistically supporting individuals experiencing mental health crisis who want to take on a new challenge and broaden their skills and knowledge.

 

 

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Mental Nurse,
  • Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL’s
  • Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)

Analytical & Judgement skill

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Coralie Jays
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

 

 

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