Mental Health Practitioner: Triage & Brief Interventions

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

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