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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible to meet needs of service including bank holidays)
Job ref
354-CS-21551-A
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chalkhill
Town
Haywards Heath
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/11/2024 23:59

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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Mental Health Practitioner - 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

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Mental Health Practitioner to join our well-established and innovative Sussex CAMHS Acute services in our Urgent Help Service.  As a mental health practitioner, your goal is to offer support and treatment to young people and their families during a period of mental health crisis. 

You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team and be integral in an exciting project to develop the service to introduce an intensive pathway. Together with delivering our core business includes assessing young people's mental health, including attention to risk management and care planning, and working with families and the wider systems that support these young people.

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

This vacancy is Sussex wide and the ability to travel is essential for the role.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be working as part of a supportive team of mental health practitioners who come from nursing, OT, social work and support worker backgrounds.  You will deliver crisis assessments, brief interventions to young people and their families/carers who are experiencing a period of mental health crisis, with a particular focus on maximising skills and competencies in activities of daily living.

Contributing to the management of a team caseload of clients with complex needs, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, which will be delivered in a community & home setting. We follow a multi-disciplinary approach and as such you will provide specialist assessment and intervention.

The ability to travel across sites is essential for this role.

 

Working for our organisation

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex 

Working in West Sussex:

·         Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed

·         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 Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

See the attached ‘Partnership Perks’ document for details about our benefits package. 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full list of responsibilities.

In order to be a successful Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be:

  • Registered with the NMC or HCPC or Social Work England via a core professional qualification 
  • Experienced in risk management
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
  • Experienced working within a mental health setting

It would also be advantageous if you are:

  • Experienced working in CAMHS (Children and Young People’s mental health services)

Flexibility with working patterns to include some bank holidays/weekends and evening work is essential, as is own transport – as the role involves travel across Sussex.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Fabio Caggi Clinical Service Manager [email protected]

We are happy to arrange informal visits.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Professional Qualification
  • NMC or HPC Registration
  • Post Basic Courses / Study Days
  • Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • post qualification experience
  • Experience of working with people with mental Health problems
  • Understanding and contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda.
  • Previous experience in similar role
  • Risk assessment experience

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
Fabio Caggi
Job title
Clinical Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01444 472 670
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