Urgent Care Mental Health Nurse, Social worker/ OT - Incentives Apply inEastbourne inEastbourne PUBLISHED FRI 17 MAY 2024

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Eastbourne Crisis Home Treatment Team for a registered nurse, qualified social worker or registered occupational therapist with experience of working with people in a community mental health setting.

You would be a key part of our multi-disciplinary service for adults with mental health challenges. This is challenging work but we receive very positive feedback from our service users and carers and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has recently achieved Outstanding for the care it provides.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

You will need to be caring, compassionate and a good communicator, with a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative, evidence based practice. You will be responsible for working collaboratively with service users and their carers on the team caseload to create care plans that meet their needs and maximise independence.

You will need to be keen to embrace new ways of working and enthusiastic about improving clinical practice in line with the latest research and organisational learning.

If you are from the nursing profession this post can offer the Senior development programme: This is an up to 12-month structured programme for band 5 nurses. This provides a framework to enable them to meet the capabilities and competencies with a view to transition into that role.

This post is also suitable for Newly Qualified Social workers, SPFT have negotiated an in principle agreement with ESCC that NQSW can take a place on the ESCC ASYE programme.

About us

The Trust offers 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

This post offers an incentive, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £4000 (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will involve working with adults with complex mental health needs. CRHT is an alternative to hospital admission and you will be expected to support both the client and their carers. You will also need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.

All our clinicians are given opportunities to develop and grow as professionals in the organisation. We provide regular supervision, a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential.

We are building a new hospital in Bexhill to replace our inpatient services at the Department of Psychiatry. This means that, if you are successful in your application, you will be asked to transfer to the new facilities when they open in 2025.

Job description
Job responsibilities

This post will involve working with adults with complex mental health needs. CRHT is an alternative to hospital admission and you will be expected to support both the client and their carers. You will also need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.

All our clinicians are given opportunities to develop and grow as professionals in the organisation. We provide regular supervision, a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential.

We are building a new hospital in Bexhill to replace our inpatient services at the Department of Psychiatry. This means that, if you are successful in your application, you will be asked to transfer to the new facilities when they open in 2025.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current registration (appropriate to the role)
• Completion of Mentorship course/ ENB equivalent
• Evidence of Continuous professional development

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• 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 supervising staff
• Experience of managing a caseload
• 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 teams and agencies
• Previous experience working in the community

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to develop effective professional relationships
• Establish and maintain communication with individuals, families, carers and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any differences in communication
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development
• Skills of assessment and interpreting service user conditions with approprite actions
• Ability to work in partnership with key stakeholders
• Ability to with resistance at times, to manage own reactions to difficult situations and to act with appropriate authority and diplomacy
• IT literacy and willingness to take on new technology

Abilities

Essential

• Frequent and intense concentration in client assessment and formulation, both individual and group work with up to 5 hours a day in direct face to face client contact
• Liaison with multi-agencies at times, especially in emergencies requiring mental effort to coordinate possible management of a crisis
• The ability to multi task and mental adaptation to different unpredictable situations

Approach/ Values

Essential

• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the care group and those of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
• Team working
• Ability to travel across sites
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current registration (appropriate to the role)
• Completion of Mentorship course/ ENB equivalent
• Evidence of Continuous professional development

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• 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 supervising staff
• Experience of managing a caseload
• 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 teams and agencies
• Previous experience working in the community

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to develop effective professional relationships
• Establish and maintain communication with individuals, families, carers and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any differences in communication
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development
• Skills of assessment and interpreting service user conditions with approprite actions
• Ability to work in partnership with key stakeholders
• Ability to with resistance at times, to manage own reactions to difficult situations and to act with appropriate authority and diplomacy
• IT literacy and willingness to take on new technology

Abilities

Essential

• Frequent and intense concentration in client assessment and formulation, both individual and group work with up to 5 hours a day in direct face to face client contact
• Liaison with multi-agencies at times, especially in emergencies requiring mental effort to coordinate possible management of a crisis
• The ability to multi task and mental adaptation to different unpredictable situations

Approach/ Values

Essential

• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the care group and those of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
• Team working
• Ability to travel across sites
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
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Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Department of Psychiatry

Kings Drive

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

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