Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Hilton CP; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive

Excellent supervision & training

Flexible working patterns

Reimbursed parking

NHS Pension contributions

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Primary Care and Partnerships Team within the Rother NMHT. You will triage referrals, conduct timely assessments, and provide brief interventions and onward referrals as needed.

You will collaborate with NMHT colleagues, NHS Talking Therapies Teams, VCSE partners and other services to deliver integrated care and support the Neighbourhood model transformation.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current registration.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Extensive post-qualifying clinical experience in mental health across age groups.
• Experience of partnership working with statutory and non-statutory teams.
• Experience in providing low intensity psychological interventions including self-help, behavioural activation, solution-focused, guided self-help, and CBT-informed approaches.
• Experience in conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Triaging referrals into the service and providing timely assessments.
• Providing brief interventions and onward referrals as required.
• Liaison with key stakeholders and third sector organisations.
• Working closely with NMHT colleagues, partner organisations, VCSE providers and other aligned services to provide expert advice and support.

Skills

Assessment skills

Risk assessment

Brief interventions

Triage

Communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Social Worker

Job description

We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Primary Care and Partnerships team within the Rother Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT) as a Mental Health Practitioner (MHP).

This role will be part of a team of Mental Health Practitioners working into the newly formed NMHT's. You will be part of the core team working alongside the Specialist Adult Service, Specialist Older Adult Service and VCSE Partners.

The MHP role will provide a critical function in triaging referrals into the service, providing timely and consistent assessments, brief interventions and onward referral as required. Liaison with key stakeholders and third sector organisations also forms part of 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

It is essential that you are a registered Mental Health Professional (Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist).Your role will include carrying out assessments, brief interventions, triage, onward referrals to Secondary or Urgent Care Services (if this is needed) and signposting advice. The successful applicant should have excellent clinical skills in assessment, risk assessment and as well as strong communication skills.

You will be working closely with a range of professional groups, including NMHT colleagues, partner organisations, VCSE providers, and other aligned services within the Neighbourhood as well as NHS Talking Therapies Teams. Providing expert advice, guidance, and supporting colleagues will constitute a key element of this role.

As part of an increasingly integrated network of services, the post holder will play a pivotal role in advancing and shaping the Neighbourhood model, For further detail on our strategic vision, please refer to:https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/our-work/our-priorities/mental-health-learning-disability-and-autism/mental-health/community-mh-transformation/

About us

As a Mental Health Trust, Sussex Partnership offers a supportive working environment and the opportunity for staff to flourish and professionally develop. We have a strong philosophy of a collaborative and client centred approach and staff wellbeing is integral in our philosophy and in our practice. We have a huge focus on the wellbeing of staff and our reward packages reflect the immensely important work our staff do. If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding team in a town like no other, then we would love to hear from you.

As a practitioner in our team we can offer you:

• Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• Flexible working patterns
• Reimbursed parking
• Child care vouchers
• Access to a host of NHS 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 (dependent on length of NHS service) starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays
• NHS Pension contributions

Job responsibilities

Essential QualificationsRegistered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current registration appropriate to the job role.Evidence of continuous professional development.

Experience/KnowledgeExtensive post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems across all age and disability categories.Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies.Experience in working consultatively with professionals.Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, solution focused, guided self help, and a CBT informed approach using a range of delivery models.Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.

Name:

Job title

Primary Care and Partnerships Team Lead, Rother NMHT

Email address

[e-mail]

Telephone number

0300 304 0244

Additional contact information

Please contact Philipa Kerr on 0300 304 0244 or via email at [e-mail] for an opportunity to discuss the vacancy.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
• Include relevant professional registration

Knowledge/Experience

• Extensive post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
• Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
• Experience in working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, solution focused, guided self help, and a CBT informed approach using a range of delivery models, telephone, face to face , individual and workshops
• Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments

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.