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Job summary

Main area
Urgent care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AC-21138
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chapel Street clinic
Town
Chichester
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Urgent Care (CRHTT) Discharge Team lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

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

Chichester CRHTT Discharge Team Lead post - Fixed Term 6 months and could be extended to 1 year, 3 days a week total of 22.5 hours a week.

 A great opportunity has arisen for a Fixed Term CRHTT Discharge Team Lead in the Chichester Crisis Home Treatment Team Leader to work within Urgent Care Service.

Main duties of the job

The Discharge Team leader is an integral member of the urgent care team responsible for working within urgent care services and acute in-patient teams as the point of contact for supported discharge, referrals and assessments. They will carry out psychosocial assessments, including risk assessment, formulation of a clinically appropriate onward plan of care liaising with in-patient wards, CRHTT, community teams, carers and patients and other agencies.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts. 

 

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. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will attend regular multi-disciplinary meetings with acute in-patient teams discussing patients and those suitable for supported discharge. They will support the flow of patients through acute services and ensure complex discharge pathways are identified at the earliest opportunity.

 The Discharge Team Leader role is to review Coastal patients at Oaklands ward Chichester and within outlying SPFT in-patient beds and extra-contractual beds liaising with in-patient units and community teams.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered professional in Healthcare
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
  • Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
  • Experience of managing staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elena Riseborough
Job title
Urgent Care Manager for Chichester and Bognor Area
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07464925647