Urgent Care Practitioner for Mental Health Liaison

This is a dynamic and fast paced role for a registered and experienced mental health nurse who can work as both a core member of the MDT and also an autonomous practitioner to achieve the best outcomes for people referred to our service by The Princess Royal Hospital for assessment of their presenting mental health need and associated risks.

Main duties of the job

You will need excellent communication skills and be able to foster excellent relationships with patients, carers, general hospital colleagues and other parts of the health and social care system.

We offer comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments for all mental health presentations for people aged over 18. We work in collaboration with people referred to our service and their loved ones by offering timely interventions to support those presenting in crisis.

The post holder will need to be able to work flexible shifts to support the delivery of our 24/7 service.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

About us

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in south east England.

Job responsibilities

The role of the Urgent Care Practitioner is to prioritise and respond to the needs of service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. The post holder will carry out psychosocial assessments, including risk assessment and formulate clinically appropriate onward plans of care, providing specialist mental health advice, support and interventions to staff, carers and patients and other agencies. The post holder will always work to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers.

Please see job description attached for more detail.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Mental Nurse
• Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Knowledge/Experience

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL's
• Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)

Analytical & Judgement skill

• Excellent clinical skills

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.