Urgent Care Practitioner

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking dynamic Band 6 practitioners to support their Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. This role involves working closely with acute mental health services to provide compassionate care and assessments for individuals in crisis. The organization values collaboration and professional development, offering a supportive environment for staff. With a commitment to quality mental health services, this position is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those in need. If you are passionate about mental health and want to be part of a dedicated team, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

£2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive

Excellent staff support through clinical supervision

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with relevant mental health registration is essential.
• Experience in acute services or home treatment teams is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess individual needs and risks for service users in crisis.
• Work collaboratively with families and partner agencies for support.

Skills

Empathy

Clinical Skills

Communication Skills

Judgement

Collaborative Working

Education

Registered Nurse with current registration

Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Evidence of continuous professional development

Job description

Site Department of Psychiatry Town Eastbourne Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum / pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 06/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit dynamic Band 6 practitioners. The post is open to qualified Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.

Do you have a desire to support an established and dynamic Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team?

Are you committed to delivering quality driven mental health services?

Do you value working positively, respectfully and collaboratively?

If so, we’d love you to join us!

We are looking to recruit skilled and highly motivated practitioners to join us as Band 6 Urgent Care Practitioners in the CRHTT, working closely with the acute mental health hospital and community teams to support people in a mental health crisis. CRHT are able to offer all the benefits of a hospital admission whilst remaining at home, including home visits from our experienced multi-disciplinary team. We are committed to a focused recovery model. This post involves 7 day week 365 days per year working on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

You will be an excellent communicator, demonstrating empathy and facilitating an inclusive and collaborative environment and assessment to those service users accessing CRHT services with a particular focus on:

• Utilising your excellent clinical skills and judgement to assess individual needs and risks
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and supportive discharge planning
• Work compassionately and creatively to identify therapeutic and evidence-based outcomes and care plans for people who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health
• Work closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate and promote the safety and the well-being of service users and their families/carers
• Work collaboratively across the urgent care services being responsible for supportive discharge assessments and participating in multi-agency meetings

Working for our organisation

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

We are building a new hospital in Bexhill to replace our inpatient services at the Department of Psychiatry. This means that, if you are successful in your application, you will be asked to transfer to the new facilities when they open in 2025.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an exciting and dynamic role that offers the opportunity for development and implementation of high-quality services. Previous experience of working in acute services or home treatment teams is desirable, although not essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.

This service is integral to our Urgent Care Pathway and ensures people presenting to acute mental health services receive a compassionate, person-centred assessment and timely care plan.

If you are looking for a role where you can use the experience you have gathered to make a real and tangible difference to a new and developing service, then this is the job for you!

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Lynn Hodges Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0300 304 0645

If you are reading this and thinking this is the ideal job opportunity for you and you would like more information, please do contact me on the number below. I would welcome interested applicants for an informal visit and conversation about the role.

0300 304 0645

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