About this role
Job summary
Permanent, full-time Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner in Primary Care
We have a great opportunity for a registered Mental Health Nurse to work in our Emotional Wellbeing Service in East Sussex.
This Service is a joint funded partnership between Primary Care Networks and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to deliver specialist mental health support for patients with stable Severe Mental illness. The post is part of the new Neighbourhood Mental Health Team model.
The post will be split across two PCNs providing 50-50 input to both surgeries and so will entail travelling between two sites.
Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Practitioner will be embedded in the GP Primary Care Network (PCN) and be a key member of the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working with individuals registered with GP practices within a specific PCN with mild to moderate and stable severe mental health needs.The postholder will provide assessment, signposting and brief treatment (1:1 and / or group based) to individuals referred to the service by a number of routes including self-referral PCN clinicians, other members of the MH MDT(including Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) colleagues, and other primary and secondary care mental health services.- They provide support to Primary Care staff in the local management of patients with common mental health problems.- They ensure that people referred for intervention by the MHP are quickly and efficiently able to access the most appropriate treatment for their mental health difficulty
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a nurse in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- 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)
- A 'Golden Hello' or relocation package of up to £2000 (see attached documentation)
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full breakdown of all the tasks and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Mental Health professional qualification (Must be one of: Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy) Include relevant professional registration (NMC, SWE, HCPC)
Knowledge/Experience Essential
Extensive post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies Experience in working consultatively with professionals Experience of providing low intensity psychological interventions including, provision of self help, behavioural activation, solution focused, guided self help, and a CBT informed approach using a range of delivery models, telephone, face to face , individual and workshops Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Lewes Foundry
Southover Road
Lewes
BN7 1US
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)