Nhs Community Mental Health Practitioner

1 month ago


Crawley West Sussex, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Nurse, Social worker or Occupational Therapist to join our Assessment and Treatment Service in East Grinstead. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide specialist assessment, treatment and care to a caseload of people with a range of mental health problems from the local community. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate a commitment to the recovery model.


Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.


Please note, we are also looking for Temporary Bank Staff. This post offers the Trust's 4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of 8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).


To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Mid Sussex Assessment and Treatment Service is a lively community mental health team supporting people living with severe and enduring mental health problems. You will hold a caseload of people who are cared for within a recovery focused model of care designed to enable and encourage service users to develop positive coping strategies to maximise their independence and potential. We are passionate about involving people, family and friends in care and we welcome candidates with experience of co-production. We are dedicated to improving services and delivering high quality care.
Over the next five years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of amuch more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.


We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.


If you are a band 5 or newly qualified nurse with previous mental health experience who has a desire to develop into a community mental health nurse role, then please contact us as we would be delighted to talk with you about any development opportunities.


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. The role is all about improving outcomes for this patient group, working creatively with patients and their carers to co-create care and risk plans that will help them achieve their goals and to live as independently as possible. This key to success is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers or we might decide to refer patients onto one of our more specialist services, such as our Early intervention in Psychosis or Eating disorders.


Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including
Varied leadership development opportunities.

Effective communication and leadership skills, a sound clinical knowledge base, and a commitment to caring for patients in the community must be demonstrated. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
Evidence of continuous professional development

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 providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Previous experience of working in the community

Registered Mental health Nurse OccupationalTherapist or Social worker with current registration
Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated caregroup
Experience of providing a range of clinicalinterventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust



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