Urgent Care Practitioner

Do you have a desire to support the development of a new and innovative Urgent Care Hub?

Are you passionate about providing a service to meet the needs of people?

Are you committed to delivering quality driven services?

Do you value working positively, respectfully and collaboratively?

If so, we’d love you to join us

Our Urgent Care Hub is a collaboration of our CRHTT and our Haven team working together. These services are integral to our Urgent Care Pathway and ensure people presenting to acute mental health services receive a compassionate, person
- centred assessment and timely care plan whether this occurs in The Haven, CRHTT or in the person’s home

I am looking to recruit skilled and highly motivated practitioners to join us and develop excellent working relationships with the emergency services who refer people to us.

You will be an excellent communicator, demonstrating empathy and facilitating an inclusive and collaborative environment and assessment to those service users accessing either/both The Haven and CRHTT services with a particular focus on:

- Utilising your excellent clinical skills and judgement to assess
- Demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning
- Work compassionately and creatively to identify therapeutic and evidence-based outcomes, care plans for people who are experiencing a crisis
- Contribute to developing bespoke crisis plans and work closely with our inpatient and CMHT.
- Work closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate and promote safety and well-being of service users and their families/carers.

Covid-19 full vaccination may be a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

**Working in Sussex**:

- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they 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 within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

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.

This is an exciting and dynamic role that offers the opportunity for development and implementation of high-quality services. Previous experience of working in acute services or home treatment teams is desirable, although not essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.

As our Coastal Urgent Care Pathway moves towards CORE 24 standards, the post holder would need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which could include working unsociable hours within a 24/7 service. This role supports the work of and across Urgent Care Teams (CRHTT, The Haven, Mental Health Liaison team and the Liaison Suite at Worthing General Hospital) and as such the post holder may be expected to work across these teams as required.

Working unsocial hours does bring a salary increase, in line with Agenda for Change guidelines.

If you are looking for a role where you can use the experience you have gathered to make a real and tangible difference to a new and developing service, then this is the job for you We would particularly welcome applicants who have an interest in learning disability and autism.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

If you are reading this and thinking this is the ideal job opportunity for you and you would like more information, please do contact me on the number below. I would welcome interested applicants for an informal visit and conversation about the role.