Pathfinder Clinician

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chichester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Chichester NMHT is seeking a Band 6 Pathfinder clinician to deliver short term clinical interventions and lead group activities within Pathfinder West Sussex. You will work with NHS and voluntary sector partners to provide proactive, preventative support and facilitate transitions between services.

The role requires community and partnership experience, a flexible and creative approach, and the ability to work within an evolving team in a local locality.

Qualifications

• Experience of community and partnership working is required.
• Ability to work as part of a wider system to enable solutions.
• Flexibility, adaptability and creativity in a developing service.

Responsibilities

• Provide short term clinical interventions for individuals accessing Pathfinder West Sussex services.
• Deliver group sessions, workshops and Recovery College activities.
• Support timely proactive, preventative care and transitions between NHS and voluntary sector.

Skills

Community mental health experience

Partnership working

Interagency collaboration

Flexibility

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Chichester Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT) as a Band 6 Pathfinder clinician.

The role involves providing short term clinical intervention for individuals accessing Pathfinder West Sussex services whose mental health is deteriorating and those requiring support in their discharge from NHS mental health services. Interventions include individual work, groups, workshops and Recovery College.

The focus of interventions will be on offering timely proactive, preventative support and facilitating transitions between NHS and voluntary sector mental health services.

The post holder will work as part of an evolving team of clinically trained staff working within Pathfinder West Sussex alongside voluntary sector providers to offer clinical intervention and support to people with mental health difficulties. The role will build on clear pathways between voluntary sector and NHS mental health services working in the innovative partnership alliance, Pathfinder West Sussex, who a core part of the NMHT.

Experience of community and partnership working is required along with the ability to work as part of a wider whole system, enabling and finding solutions together and being able to work flexibly, adaptably and creatively in a developing service within a specific locality.

As we work towards our goal of providing an integrated service across primary and secondary care, our community mental health services are being transformed to recognise the changes in how people want to access them. We are working in close partnership with a range of partners and our 'experts by experience' to develop and improve our service offer.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mairead Blessington Job title: Team Lead for Primary Care & Partnerships (NMHT) Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01903 493601

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Mairead Blessington on 01903 493601 or [e-mail]