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Staying Well Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (afternoons and evenings 7 days a week.)
Job ref: 354-AE-21102
Site: Wellbeing Centre
Town: St Leonards on Sea
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa / pro rata for part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/04/2025 23:59
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We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
Job Overview
We're looking for Staying Well Practitioners to join a newly created service in Hastings which is co-produced with Southdown, a VCSE partner in Sussex.
We are looking for experienced and registered mental health professionals from all disciplines, including Social Workers, Mental Health Nurses and OT's. For these roles it is essential you are registered with NMC/HCPC/Social Work England & that you have experience of crisis assessment in any setting that provides a safety care plan.
The service operates every day, the shifts are Monday to Friday 4pm until 11pm and weekends 2pm until 11pm with generous enhancements for evening and weekend working.
Based on a 'crisis café' model, the service provides an opportunity for anyone over 18 years experiencing a mental health crisis, including a self-defined crisis, to attend as an alternative to A&E. They will find a welcoming environment with a supportive and responsive team of mental health workers available.
Main duties of the job
As a registered mental health professional, we ask you to support Recovery Workers in delivering person centred care in a safe, supportive and therapeutic environment, that is conducive to reducing emotional and psychological distress, promoting independence, and assist in the recovery for all adult mental health users of services in the community.
Sussex Partnership mental health professionals on site are Trusted Assessors and are able to ensure a smooth transition into crisis services should this be required without the need for further assessment, meaning signposting to A&E can be avoided.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Key Benefits: Excellent NHS Pension, Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays), Access to NHS discount schemes, support from our organisational wellbeing team, with supervision reflective practice, and opportunities for training and development.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to becoming a diverse employer and inclusive workplace.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The skills we are looking for from Practitioners in our Staying Well services would be:
* Experience of working in mental health services
* Knowledgeable of psycho-social factors which can precipitate crisis and impact on the safety and wellbeing of service users.
* Be experienced in offering psycho-social interventions to those with mental health difficulties.
* Knowledgeable of factors which can impact on safety for all staff working collaboratively to deliver person centred care in crisis.
* Have experience of crisis assessment in any setting that provides a safety care plan.
Practitioners should offer a therapeutic intervention and write in collaboration a care plan, and in some circumstances a wellness plan to assist in the future.
Person specification
Essential criteria:
* Registered Nurse, Social Work England or HCPC registered professional with current registration appropriate to the job role.
* Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group
* Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
* Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
* Experience of supervising staff and students
* Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
* Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
* Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, families, carers and professionals
* Able to establish links with other services and professionals
* Able to effectively manage risk
* Participate in service development
* Able to lead clinical discussions in team
* Able to use Trust IT systems to enter patient information, case notes, risk, Care Notes.
Desirable criteria:
* Lived experience of mental illness.
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.
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