Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex NHS Commissioners; Vines Cross; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programmes

Strong supervision and training

Flexible working patterns

Reimbursed parking

Child care vouchers

NHS discount schemes

NHS Pension contributions

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Neighbourhood Mental Health Transformation teams. You will triage referrals, carry out timely assessments, provide brief interventions and arrange onward referrals as needed, working with NMHT colleagues and partner organisations.

The post offers a supportive environment with supervision, flexible patterns, parking reimbursement, and NHS pension contributions; a rewarding role within an Outstanding Trust

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include registration as a mental health professional (RMN/OT/SW).
• Extensive post-qualifying clinical experience with diverse mental health needs.
• Experience working with multi-agency partnerships and providing low intensity CBT-informed interventions.

Responsibilities

• Triage referrals and coordinate timely assessments.
• Deliver brief interventions and refer onward to secondary/urgent care as needed.
• Liaise with NMHT colleagues, VCSE partners and other agencies to support integrated care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Triage

Partnership working

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Occupational Therapist

Registered Social Worker

Job description

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)., 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

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.

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.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

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

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

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