Urgent Care Practitioner - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hove; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Free parking on site

Flexible working

27 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Relocation incentive (Band 6)

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Brighton and Hove is seeking a Band 6 professional (occupational therapist, social worker or mental health nurse) to join the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team based at Mill View Hospital. The role triages and assesses urgent referrals and develops care and recovery plans for people in mental health crisis at home.

You will supervise junior staff and students, act as shift co-ordinator and gatekeep inpatient admissions, while partnering with

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Current professional registration with HCPC, Social Work England or NMC.
• Experience working with people with complex health needs.
• Experience conducting clinical assessments and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess urgent referrals as part of four-hour urgent assessments.
• Develop care and recovery plans for service users in mental health crisis at home.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and students.
• Act as shift co-ordinator and allocate tasks on shift.
• Liaise with partner agencies and voluntary sector teams.
• Gatekeep inpatient admissions.

Skills

Physical health knowledge

Mental Health Act knowledge

Job description

This Band 6 post sits in the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based at Mill View Hospital and covering Brighton and Hove. The newly created role triages and assesses urgent referrals as part of expanded four-hour urgent assessments, and develops care and recovery plans for people in mental health crisis at home. Post-holders supervise junior staff and students, act as shift co-ordinator and gatekeep inpatient admissions. Applicants must be experienced occupational therapists, social workers or mental health nurses, with professional registration.

What the job involves

• Triage and assess urgent referrals, including as part of four-hour urgent assessments
• Assess, plan and deliver care for service users with complex health presentations
• Develop care plans and recovery plans with service users
• Work with service users, carers, families and partner agencies, including voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges
• Provide specialist clinical advice
• Carry out clinical procedures
• Monitor the effectiveness of treatments and adjust interventions
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and students
• Act as shift co-ordinator, leading the team on shift and allocating and delegating tasks
• Liaise with other services and external agencies to triage referrals
• Gatekeep inpatient admissions

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development

Registration & licences

• Current professional registration with governing body (HCPC for occupational therapy, Social Work England for social work, NMC for mental health nursing)

Experience

• Experience of working in the relevant care group
• Experience of working with people with complex health needs
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments
• Experience of prioritising a range of needs
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to patients with varied health problems
• Experience of partnership working across statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of how physical health affects mental health
• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Nice to have

• Experience of supervising staff

What's offered

• Access to psychological support through the internal wellbeing team
• Supervision programmes with ongoing training and development
• Free parking on site
• Access to discount schemes
• Holiday entitlement starting at 27 days plus 8 bank holidays
• NHS Pension
• Flexible working, including home-working, part-time hours and flexible start and finish times
• £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 posts, pro rata and subject to terms