Lead Practitioner, West Assessment & Treatment Service

NHS; Hove; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

West Assessment and Treatment Service is a lively multi-disciplinary community based mental health team. We provide specialist assessment, treatment and care to working age adults with severe mental illness based at Mill View Hospital, Hove.

Brighton and Hove is a vibrant and exciting place to live and work offering a lively city life with the opportunity to get away from it all to the South Downs National park just on the doorstep.

We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with existing experience and knowledge of supporting adults with complex mental health conditions to cover a 12 months Fixed Term post.

This is an exciting time for community mental health services as we transform to a new, integrated, neighbourhood model with our primary care and voluntary sector partners. We are looking for innovative practitioners who can embrace the new model and put it into practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a service which prides itself on its commitment and provision of high-quality care. This will be a challenging and very busy role, but one which will be very rewarding.

A passion for working with people to support individual recovery goals and to work collaboratively with the service users, their carers, colleagues within the third sector, GPs and the wider mental health service within the Trust is essential.

We welcome applications from practitioners who are highly motivated, resilient, enthusiastic, creative, flexible, and resourceful.

You will receive high quality supervision, support and training to further develop your skills and experience in a community mental health setting.

The service operates Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm. Although, we understand the importance of work life balance and would welcome discussions around flexible working arrangements as required.

About us

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 Brighton:

• Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
• Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

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

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.

For further information please contact Jill Robinson, Team Leader on 0300 304 0079 or email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental health Nurse Occupational Therapist or Social worker with current registration
• Completion of Mentorship Course

Knowledge/Experience

• 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
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of managing a caseload

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.