Urgent Care Practitioner

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to psychological support

Excellent supervision programmes

Free parking on-site

Discount schemes

NHS Pension

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Urgent Care Practitioner for a secondment or fixed-term contract. You will assess and plan care for clients in mental health crisis, develop recovery plans with service users and families, and provide clinical leadership on shifts.

The role includes liaising with partner agencies to triage referrals and gatekeep admissions. You will supervise junior staff and students, contribute to service development, and work across community, hospital and

Qualifications

• Registration with governing body.
• Experience with people with complex needs.
• Experience conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Experience collaborating across statutory and non-statutory teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and implement high-quality care to service users in mental health crises.
• Develop care and recovery plans with service users, carers and families.
• Provide clinical advice and perform procedures; monitor treatment effectiveness.
• Lead on shift as required and delegate tasks to colleagues.
• Liaise with internal services and external partners to triage referrals and gatekeep inpatient admissions.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and students.

Skills

Professional Registration

Complex needs experience

Clinical assessments

Risk assessments

Supervising staff

Partnership working

Education

UK professional registration

Mentorship course/ENB

Job description

We have 2 posts available as secondment or fixed term contracts; one full time (37.5 hours per week) and one part-time (30 hours per week) for 12 months. The CRHT team is a part of urgent care and works closely with the acute hospital and community teams to support clients in a mental health crisis. It offers clients care and support in their own homes as an alternative to hospital admission., As an Urgent Care Practitioner in our team you will work in partnership with service users with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of top-quality care to service users. This will include working alongside service users, carers, families and partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges. You will be providing specialist clinical advice, carrying out clinical procedures, and monitoring the effectiveness of treatments in order to progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. You will also be involved in providing clinical supervision to junior staff and students. This will include acting as shift co-ordinator as needed to lead the team on shift, as well as allocating and delegating tasks to colleagues. You will be expected to liaise with other services and external agencies to triage referrals to the service and gatekeep inpatient admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills if you are looking for career progression in the future.Working for our organisation We are committed to ensuring that mental health care is co-produced wherever possible and delivered in a person-centred, compassionate, and supportive way. Mental Healthcare should promote safety and wellbeing while addressing social care needs and ensuring equality and fairness for all. It should be needs-led, outcome-focused, responsive and delivered in a way that empowers people to build on their strengths, promotes recovery, and supports families and carers.

In order to be a successful Urgent Care Practitioner in our team you will have:

• Professional Registration
• Experience of working in the relevant care group
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of supervising staff
• Registered with governing body.
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development, Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of prioritising a range of needs
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to patients 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
• Knowledge of impact physical health has on mental health
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Act, Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

It would also be advantageous if you have:

The service operates 7 days a week and there will be an expectation to work weekends and shifts, which would involve early and late shifts.

At SPFT we put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.

We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role. We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn't based on your real experience. Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we'll explore your examples further at interview, so it's important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page. We're shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.

We support 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.

Your benefits:

• Access to psychological support, via our internal wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• Free parking on-site
• Access to a host of discount schemes
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
• Excellent NHS Pension, Our shift times are as follows: Early: 08:30-16:30 Late: 14:00-22:00 Long Day: 08:30-22:00