Urgent Care Practitioner – Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: Part time or full time
* Full time
* Part time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 354-AC-21083
Site: Swandean, Town: Worthing
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum / pro rata for part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, and enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care.
Job overview
Are you passionate about providing a service to meet the needs of people, carers, and their families? Do you value working positively, respectfully, and collaboratively? If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
We're looking for Band 6 Urgent Care Practitioners to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) and work with us to develop a new and innovative Urgent Care Hub.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting and dynamic role that offers the opportunity for development and implementation of high-quality services. A typical day in this role would involve working with The Haven, the acute hospital, and community teams to support people in a mental health crisis.
The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, demonstrating empathy and facilitating an inclusive and collaborative environment and assessment to those service users accessing either/both The Haven and CRHTT services with a particular focus on:
* Utilising your excellent clinical skills and judgement to assess individual needs and provide robust risk management planning.
* Demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans, and supportive discharge planning.
* Work compassionately and creatively to identify therapeutic and evidence-based outcomes and care plans for people who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health.
* Work closely with carers, families, and partner agencies to facilitate and promote the safety and well-being of service users and their families/carers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful Urgent Care Practitioner in our team, you must:
* Be a Registered Nurse with current registration (Adult/Mental Health/LD or equivalent) appropriate to the job role.
* 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 conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
As our Coastal Urgent Care Pathway moves towards CORE 24 standards, the post holder may need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which could include working unsociable hours within a 24/7 service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 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
* 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 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.
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.
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.
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