Mental Health Practitioner

5 months ago


Horsham, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

This post offers a Golden Hello or Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000

Are you a RMN, OT or Social Worker with experience working in a mental health setting?

Perhaps you’re looking for a change? To improve or expand your current skills?

Are you passionate about working with adults with mental health problems?

We are a lively and friendly secondary mental health community assessment and treatment team accepting referrals from the Horsham an catchment area. Our Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) consists of Senior Nurse, RMN's & RGN's, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Operational Leads, Pharmacy, Consultant Psychiatry, Graduate Mental Health Practitioners and support workers.

We deliver short term, goal focussed interventions for those with severe and enduring mental health care needs.

We’re seeking 3 Band 6 Mental Health Practitioners to join us in the beautiful Sussex Town of Horsham.. In this role you will be responsible for assessing, planning and delivering care and treatment, and reviewing progress for a range of adults presenting with a variety of complex mental health problems.

This role offers you the opportunity to work in the office and on site. We currently offer interventions Face to Face as well as virtually. We have a vast Group Therapy timetable which you would also have opportunity to join.

The role involves acting as the Lead in care and treatment required to support clients with complex mental health needs. This role involves working collaboratively with internal & external stakeholders regarding care and treatment needs & progress. This will be virtual & face to face interventions and likely to involve multiple agencies.

Your role is to co-ordinate the required treatment, complete regular progress reviews and consider effectiveness of the treatment provided. Once stabilised you will transfer patients to primary/voluntary care services. If the person requires more extensive support.

This role also involves supporting clients with their physical health awareness & some health education.

You will be required to manage your caseload efficiently and effectively in line with our service KPI's. You will be allocated protected time and supported to do this with our well established caseload review sessions.

As part of this role you are also required to allocate time/cover to the Duty rota and Assessment rota, and on occasion support the LAI clinic. We have a dedicated team for Triage and a dedicated team for the Denzapine clinic.

ATS are fast paced and changeable, ours is no different. The post holder must have the ability to be organised, reactive and able to work under pressure. Our supportive team ethic makes this possible. To ensure all the staff have the support they require, the team receive regular supervision, reflective practice and annual appraisals.

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

**Living & Working in Sussex**:

- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
- Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the iconic Beachy Head and Seven Sisters National Park and we are right on the edge of the South Downs.

We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

**Key staff survey results include**:

- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

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.

**REQUIREMENTS**:
**In order to be successful in this role you will**:

- Be a qualified RMN, OT or Social Worker, registered with the relevant professional body
- Have good experience of clinical assessments and risk management
- Possess prior experience working with people with mental health difficulties

**It would also be advantageous if you**:

- Have experience working in a community team although not essential

You will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop new ways of working towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future. We are currently undertaking a number of Quality Improvement projects to improve the service further

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.



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