Urgent Care Practitioner

1 week ago


Chichester, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

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 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 receive referrals from patients admitted to the wards with complex physical and mental health problems.

The role involves working alongside the Acute hospital and other colleagues including drugs and alcohol services, Social Services and charitable organistaions involved in the patients care and ongoing support. The team follow The Core 24 model and are a 24/7 service.

Within the multi-disciplinary team you would be working with the Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, and Urgent Care Practitioners.

The role of this team is the assessment and planning of care of patients and a sound knowledge of pathways of care You will be liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units. This role will involve assessment and planning of onward care. It is preferable to have some 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 7-day 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. Please contact the team leader if you wish to discuss this further.

This is a seven day per week service from, which will necessitate some shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements.

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.

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.

**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

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.

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 in Chichester, West Sussex please do contact us:



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