Mental Health Practitioner - Sussex Mental Healthline
Incentives Apply (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Location: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Worthing, West Sussex
The Sussex Mental Healthline is a 24/7 mental health crisis line for anyone who may be in crisis and in urgent need of help with their mental health. The service is free and is available to anyone of any age who is concerned about their own mental health or that of a relative or friend, including carers and healthcare professionals.
The Sussex Mental Healthline is staffed by a team of experienced mental health clinicians and operators. Although we are not a counselling service, all our staff will listen and help callers to identify and clarify their immediate problems and explore ways of coping or suggest alternative avenues of help.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
We are looking to recruit experienced mental health clinicians to join our busy team. You will be joining a friendly, supportive, and dedicated team responding to Sussex-wide callers who require support for their own or others' mental health.
As a clinician, you will be trained in triage and risk formulation/assessments to be utilized alongside your existing skills, to support callers and, where necessary, signpost to urgent care services across Sussex. You will also supervise, offer pastoral care, and act as a point of escalation for a team of Call Operators who may require support with complex calls.
All work is telephone-based, and we are working from our office base in Sussex.
Working in Sussex
* Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns.
* Embrace city life with great access to visit Brighton and London.
* With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK, there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree; in our recent staff survey, 82% told us that they recognize that care for patients is our top priority.
Key Staff Survey Results
* 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work.
* 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team.
* 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
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.
Requirements
* Registered with the NMC or HCPC via a core professional qualification – Applications are welcomed from OT’s, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Art Therapists.
* Experienced in risk assessment and management.
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role.
* Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and nights.
* Able to work autonomously.
* Ability to travel and work from an office based in Worthing, Sussex.
It would also be advantageous if you have a background within urgent care/crisis/liaison service(s).
Flexibility with working patterns to include some weekend and evening work is essential. This does bring with it increased rates of pay for unsocial hours as set out under the Agenda for Change (AfC) guidelines.
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