Urgent Care Practitioner For Mental Health Liaison

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Chichester; Vor Ort; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

NHS Pension contributions

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working patterns

Child care vouchers

Training and development opportunities

NHS Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Zusammenfassung

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Liaison Team nurse to provide assessment and care planning for patients in a fast-paced acute mental health setting.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team across acute hospital wards, drugs and alcohol services, social services, and charities, contributing to a 7-day Core 24 service with supervision and development opportunities.

Qualifikationen

• Registered Mental Nurse with current registration (RMN).
• Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 teaching/assessing in clinical practice.
• Experience in mental health liaison or crisis services is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Assess and plan care for patients in liaison service.
• Liaise with mental health services and acute inpatient units.
• Work flexible hours to provide 7-day Core 24 service.

Kenntnisse

Registered nurse

Crisis care experience

MHA knowledge

Ausbildung

RMN/Registered Mental Nurse

Mentorship ENB998 or teaching module

Jobbeschreibung

Job summary

If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Team at St Richards Hospital you will be supporting people experiencing a Mental Health crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. A number of our patients are referred with self-harm or a history of self-harming behaviours. MHLT also receive referrals from patients admitted to the wards with complex physical and mental health problems.

The role involves working alongside the Acute hospital and other colleagues including drugs and alcohol services, Social Services and charitable organisations involved in the patients care and ongoing support. The team follow The Core 24 model and are a 24/7 service.

Within the multi-disciplinary team you would be working with the Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, and Urgent Care Practitioners.

Main duties of the job

The role of this team is the assessment and planning of care of patients and a sound knowledge of pathways of care. You will be liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units. This role will involve assessment and planning of onward care. It is preferable to have some experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team). In the post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 7-day service in line with Core 24.

You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity for personal and professional development as well as contributing to the team's development. Please contact the team leader if you wish to discuss this further.

This is a seven day per week service which requires shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements.

About us

You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working, towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future.

In return we can offer a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.

As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:

• Excellent starting salary
• NHS Pension contributions
• 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Flexible Working patterns
• Child care vouchers
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• NHS Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme

This post offers The Trust's Golden Hello for band 6 Nurses, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document)

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata / pro rata for part time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 354-AC-21350

Job responsibilities

• Registered Nurse with current registration [RMN /LD]
• Registered Social Worker
• Registered Occupational Therapist

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
• Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
• Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload.
• Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
• Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Mental Nurse
• Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of working within an appropriate care setting or an ability to demonstrate that skills and knowledge are transferable across specialities
• Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL's
• A working knowledge of a range of therapeutic assessment tools and their application to the Liaison service caseload

Employer details

Employer name: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Richards Hospital, Spitafield Lane, Chichester, PO19 6SE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader Laura Jerimiah [e-mail]

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.