Duty Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health trust in the UK is seeking a Duty and Liaison Mental Health Practitioner to provide support for young people presenting with mental health crises. This role offers a chance for career progression and the opportunity to deliver therapeutic interventions. The ideal candidate will possess strong risk assessment skills and a commitment to high-quality care. Additional benefits include a £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive and access to psychological support and ongoing training.

Benefits

Access to psychological support

Excellent supervision programmes

Free parking on-site

Discount schemes for gyms, shopping, restaurants

Generous holiday entitlement starting at 27 days

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current registration appropriate to the job role.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Post qualifying experience in the relevant care group.

Responsibilities

• Respond to referrals made to the duty team from various sources.
• Prioritize work according to the level of urgency.
• Work closely with young people, their carers, and other professionals.

Skills

Excellent risk assessment skills

Strong commitment to high-quality care

Ability to provide therapeutic interventions

Experience with complex health problems

Consultative working with professionals

Education

Diploma/ Degree in relevant profession

Job description

Duty and Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

The role is days of 7.5 hour shifts between 8am and 10pm 7 days a week.

The CAMHS East Sussex Duty and Liaison Team is developing their Urgent Health Care service and as a result an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Urgent Care Practitioner, band 6. This role offers the perfect opportunity for career progression due to the skills that you will learn through this type of work. The role will be variable and exciting, sometimes challenging and there is a need for flexibility but it is always very interesting and rewarding. You will need to be motivated, forward thinking and have a strong commitment to providing high quality care to provide the best outcomes for young people. Excellent risk assessment and safety planning skills are essential to this role.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Main duties of the job

Primarily you will be supporting young people and their carers who are presenting with a mental health crisis via telephone, Attend Anywhere or offering face to face assessments. There will be an opportunity in this role to deliver therapeutic interventions alongside crisis care planning and management. You will be supporting young people who are waiting for interventions from tier 3 CAMHS as part of the duty role.

About us

As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

As an RMN in our team we can offer you:

- Access to full psychological support, via our internal wellbeing team

- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

- Free parking on-site

- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)

- A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

Job responsibilities

To respond to referrals made to the duty team from a variety of sources. To prioritise work according to the level of urgency. To work closely with young people, their carers and other professionals in order to facilitate a safe plan of care.

To support tier 3 CAMHS with young people who are awaiting allocation of a Lead Practitioner, therapeutic work or are waiting for an initial assessment with therapeutic interventions.

To respond to referrals from A&E and acute hospital wards and carry out comprehensive assessments including risk assessment and safety care planning. To ensure high quality communication and effective relationships within the Duty and Liaison Team and our general hospital colleagues, other agencies and carers.

To work with general hospital staff providing interventions and support to patients who are staying on acute hospital wards awaiting the allocation of appropriate mental health services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current registration, appropriate to the job role. (Social work, Teachers, Occupational Therapists and Creative Therapists)
• Diploma/ Degree in relevant profession
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

• Post qualifying experience (preferably in the relevant care group)
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• 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 within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

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.