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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AE-21002
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hill Rise
Town
Newhaven
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/07/2024 23:59

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Community Mental Health Practitioner (Triage) - Incentives Apply

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

Triage Practitioner (Adult Community Mental Health) 

B6, Full-time, permanent post

Are you ready to step into a pivotal clinical role in secondary mental health services?

Referrals to our service come from GPs and a range of partner agencies and the job of the Triage practitioner is to assess and decide how the person's mental health needs can best be met within our integrated mental health system.  Getting these decisions right is vital to ensure that the right patients get to the right treatments at the right time. 

We invite applications from qualified nurses, social workers and occupational therapists who have experience in mental health. Whatever your profession, you will need to have finely honed clinical assessment skills and be a highly skilled communicator. This is rewarding and varied work. Each patient is unique and your job is to understand their individual circumstances, recognising their strengths and protective factors in their lives and balancing these against the risks they may present.

We are situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park with plenty of outdoor activities available on the door step as well as easy access to London and we are only 15 minutes' drive from the vibrant city of Brighton. Newhaven is a fishing port and the coastline offers great scenery and opportunities for water sports.

Main duties of the job

This post will predominantly be based with the Triage team at Hill Rise in Newhaven which is supervised by a band 7 Senior Nurse Practitioner. (Professional supervision for Occupational Therapists and Social workers can be provided). For this role, you will need to be able to exercise clear, consistent, clinical judgement and have a scrupulous approach to process and recording to ensure high standards of patient care and safety are maintained. This is exciting work but it will suit an efficient practitioner who can work well under pressure. 

You would be joining a friendly, diverse multi-disciplinary team of professionals. The Assessment and Treatment Service offers a wide range of evidence-based treatments for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. Community services are being transformed and this is an exciting time for innovation and pioneering new ways of working. 

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about improving the opportunities for people to recover their mental health and we are equally committed to giving our staff the supervision and, support they need to maintain their wellbeing and opportunities to develop their professional careers. As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:

• Excellent starting salary

• NHS Pension contributions

• 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays

• Flexible Working patterns

• Child care vouchers

• Excellent training and development opportunities

• NHS Discounts

• Employee Assistance Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role of a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for students.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Registered Practitioner with current registration (mental health/ Adult/ Social Work/ OT) appropriate to the role
  • • Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Significant post qualifying experience (minimum two years) in relevant care group
  • • Experience of working alongside people with psychosis and complex health and social care problems in the designated care group
  • • Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
  • • Experience of working consultatively with professionals
  • • Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
  • • Experience of partnership working with in CPA process
  • • Understanding of clinical governance

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nikki Hunter
Job title
Triage Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Informal chats about the post and/or visits are welcome. For further information, please contact one of our Triage Leads, Niki Hunter or the Service Manager [email protected]

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