Job overview

Are you a dynamic, confident and motivated mental health practitioner?

Do you have excellent communication skills?

Do you want to be supported and empowered to work as a highly skilled and autonomous mental health practitioner, delivering excellent care to the patients under your care?

If your answers to these questions are yes, then we want to speak to you!

The Brighton and Hove Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) is a well-established team within the urgent care pathway, offering an important and less restrictive alternative to hospital admission for adults experiencing acute mental ill-health. We work intensively with individuals to proactively treat them in their own home and pride ourselves in the wide-range of interventions that we offer.

Work within our team is fast-paced, busy and, at times challenging. However, you will be supported by means of regular supervision, reflective practice, team mindfulness sessions and, arguably most importantly the benefits of working within a close and cohesive team. We take a clear team approach to risk management, meaning that you will not carry an individual clinical caseload.

As a band 6 mental health practitioner you will be key to thoroughly and holistically assessing the needs of the patients under our care, actively participating in the planning and delivery of care and treatment which, wherever possible will have been agreed in collaboration with our patients.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:
- To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
- To offer specialist assessments and advice where required.
- To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. -- To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.

- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
- To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
- To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership Trust is committed to the professional development of staff and has excellent CPD opportunities. CRHTT team members to date have taken courses in Family Intervention, Grief and Bereavement Counselling, Independent Prescribing and Advanced Clinical Practice.

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible within this role. Within the team there is the opportunity to work long days and/or early and late shifts across Monday to Sunday. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.

This post offers the Trust's £4000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:
- To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
- To offer specialist assessments and advice where required.
- To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. -- To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.

- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
- To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
- To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 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

Essential criteria

• 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

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

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Applicant requirements

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.