Job summary
- Main area
- NMC and AHP
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AC-21198
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Richards Hospital
- Town
- Chichester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Care Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Come and join us
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.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Team at St Richards Hospital in Chichester you will be supporting people experiencing a Mental Health crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. A number of our patients are referred with self-harm or a history of self-harming behaviours. MHLT also receives referrals from patients admitted to the wards with complex physical and mental health problems.
The role involves working alongside the acute hospital colleagues and health professional including drugs and alcohol services, Social Services and charitable organisations involved in the patients care and ongoing support.
The team operates the Core 24 Liaison Model and is a 24/7 service. The urgent care practitioner would work day and night shifts. The Working Adults and Older Persons teams are integrated. The Liaison Team are commissioned for two Older Persons Liaison Nurses Monday to Friday and their speciality is working with Older Persons Mental Health
Within the multi-disciplinary team, you would be working with the Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liaison Consultant Psychiatrist, Counselling Psychologist, Urgent Care Practitioners and Older Persons Mental Health Liaison Nurses
Main duties of the job
The role of this team is to provide full biopsychosocial assessments and risk management plans for patients with mental health needs. Then to establish client centred safe discharge plans or signposting the patients to others appropriate services. The successful candidate will be caring for patients who have both physical and mental health needs.
The post involves liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units. It is preferable to have previous experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team). In the post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 24/7 service in line with Core 24.
You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity for personal and professional development as well as contributing to the team's development. The team has access to a psychologist and monthly reflective practice.
This is a seven day per week service from which will necessitate some shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements.
Working for our organisation
You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working, towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future.
In return we can offer a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction.
As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:
- Excellent starting salary
- NHS Pension contributions
- 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- Flexible Working patterns
- Child care vouchers
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- NHS Discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Registered Nurse with current registration [RMN /LD]
- Registered Social Worker
- Registered Occupational Therapist
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
- Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
- Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload.
- Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
- Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group
If you want like to talk to us about the post or visit us at St Richards Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex please do contact us: Martin Ryan [email protected]
Person specification
Professional registration
Essential criteria
- 4 years experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of robust assessment and risk management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Martin Ryan
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07738757597
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