Mental Health Practitioner- Sussex Mental Healthline

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider is looking for experienced mental health clinicians to join their supportive team in Worthing. You will provide triage and risk assessments for callers and supervise Call Operators in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have relevant professional qualifications and significant experience in mental health care, with flexibility in working hours required. This role emphasizes empathy and support for individuals facing mental health challenges.

Benefits

Flexible working

Increased pay for unsocial hours

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC, HCPC, or Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualifying experience in the relevant care group.
• Experience conducting clinical assessments and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage and risk assessment to support callers.
• Supervise a team of Call Operators.
• Signpost to urgent care services.

Skills

Risk assessment

Crisis management

Supervision

Autonomous working

Flexible working hours

Education

Core professional qualification (NMC, HCPC, Social Work)

Job description

Overview

We are looking to recruit experienced mental health clinicians to join our busy team. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and dedicated team responding to Sussex-wide callers who require support for their own or others mental health. As a clinician you will be trained in triage and risk formulation/assessments to be utilised alongside your existing skills, to support callers and where necessary signpost to urgent care services across Sussex. You will also supervise, offer pastoral care and act as a point of escalation for a team of Call Operators who may require support with complex calls. To be successful in this role you will share our passion, desire and empathetic approach to supporting people of all ages with complex mental health needs, who are often experiencing crisis.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage and risk formulation/assessments to support callers and signpost to urgent care services across Sussex, alongside your existing clinical skills.
• Supervise, offer pastoral care and act as escalation point for a team of Call Operators on complex calls.

Qualifications and experience

• Registered with the NMC, HCPC or Social Work England via a core professional qualification. Applications welcomed from OTs, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers.
• Experienced in risk assessment and management.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role.
• Able to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and nights.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Able to travel and work from an office based in Worthing, Sussex.
• Having a background within urgent care/crisis/liaison services is advantageous.
• Significant post-qualifying experience in the relevant care group.
• Experience of supervising staff and providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with various health problems.
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals and in partnership with various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies.
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments and understanding of clinical governance.
• Previous experience of working in the community.

Flexibility with working patterns to include some weekend and evening work is essential. This does bring with it increased rates of pay for unsocial hours as set out under the Agenda for Change (AfC) guidelines.

Employer information

We would love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff survey results show high levels of satisfaction with flexible working and opportunities to improve the work within teams.

• We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide.

Requirements and travel

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and disclosure requirements as described.
• Travel between coast and countryside with a blend of villages and seaside towns; easy access to Brighton, London, Gatwick and Heathrow, with excellent railway links across the UK.