Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Hastings and Rother Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) soon to be part of the Hastings and Rother Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams, for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience of working in a community mental health setting. Our service is a multi-disciplinary service for adults with multiple and enduring mental health needs. As a nurse in our service, you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their families and carers to co-create care plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. You will also work closely with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.

Our team will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our nurses will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.

(See more about our vision https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/our-work/our-priorities/mental-health-learning-disability-and-autism/mental-health/community-mh-transformation/)



Our office is right in the thick of Hastings vibrant and quirky culture and benefits from amazing sea views, with the Prom right across the road. Hastings still maintains its working fishing beach, as well as the old town, castle, pier and of course the Guinness world record for the largest gathering of pirates is held by Hastings!



The role of Community Mental Health Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with multiple mental health presentations and working alongside service users to develop their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.



This post offers the Trust's 2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).



As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of their staff, their reward packages reflect the immensely important work their staff do.

If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you. Hastings is a vibrant seaside town, offering affordable coastal living along with independent shopping and a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants and a very creative music and artistic scene.

As a practitioner in our team we can offer you:

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes

Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

Flexible working patterns

Reimbursed parking

Child care vouchers

Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)

A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Generous holiday entitlement (dependent on length of NHS service) starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays

NHS Pension contributions



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, 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.



Essential Qualifications

Registered Nurse with current registration appropriate to the job role.

Evidence of continuous professional development.



Essential Knowledge

Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health needs in the designated care group.

Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of mental health problems

Experience of working consultatively with other professionals

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 working within the CPA process

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 safeguarding procedures.

Change management and organising and prioritising their workload.

Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge.

Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.



Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

Registered Nurse with current registration [Mental Health/LD]

Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Evidence of continuous professional development



Experience/Knowledge

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 supervising staff

Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems

Experience of working consultatively with professionals

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 working within the CPA process

Previous experience of working in the community