Job Description

The East Sussex Emotional Wellbeing Service is recruiting for a Band 6 Nursing / OT / Social Work roles within Primary Care Network (PCN) mental health teams in the following localities Greater Wealden and East Eastbourne.



EWS roles are embedded right in the GP Primary Care Networks (small groups of local GP surgeries in the localities) but benefit from being part of the SPFT staff group, with excellent training and supervision as standard. This exciting and evolving service integrates closely with voluntary sector partners (Southdown) to provide accessible, high quality clinical consultation, assessment, and one-to-one intervention right on the GP's doorstep.



The East Sussex EWS is a developing service presently focussing on flexible, short term one-to-one work. This exciting team offers opportunity and challenge in equal measure to experienced practitioners wanting to be at the forefront of the transformation of East Sussex community mental health services, as these develop into Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams.



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).



The Mental Health Practitioner will be embedded in the GP Primary Care Network (PCN) and be a key member of the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working with individuals registered with GP practices within a specific PCN with mild to moderate and stable severe mental health needs.



You will communicate closely with service users, GPs, secondary care services (ATS, crisis teams, etc), carers, and voluntary sector networks to make sure people's needs are understood at the earliest point, providing a bridge between primary and secondary care when necessary.



The post holder will provide assessment, signposting and brief treatment (1:1 and / or group based) to individuals referred to the service by a number of clinicians, other members of the MH MDT (including Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) colleagues, and other primary and secondary care mental health services.



Experience of community and partnership working is required along with the ability to work as part of a wider whole system, enabling and finding solutions together and being able to work flexibly, adaptably and creatively in a developing service within a specific locality.



To provide support to Primary Care staff in the local management of patients with common mental health problems.



To ensure that people referred for intervention by the MHP are quickly and efficiently able to access the most appropriate treatment for their mental health difficulty.



As we work towards our goal of providing an integrated service across primary and secondary care, our community mental health services are being transformed to recognise the changes in how people want to access them. We are working in close partnership with a range of partners and our 'experts by experience' to develop and improve our service offer.



Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, and ensures our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. We know that a positive work / life balance brings about massive 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 or finish times, or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen .

Your benefits:

Access to full psychological support via our internal wellbeing team Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development Access to a host of discount schemes, and excellent NHS pension Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with continuous NHS service)

We are looking for self-motivated, energetic, and creative clinicians. You will have substantial, transferable mental health experience (whether inpatient or community), and up to date professional registration from a core mental health profession.



Your interventions will be vital to preventing deterioration in previously stable patients, supporting people to transition to the right services, and supporting GPs and voluntary sector colleagues to provide safe, evidence-based mental health support. The team supports blended working options within the needs of the service, and of service users.



These roles will be important to the transformation of community mental health service in West Sussex, and will help to ensure that gaps in service between GPs, the voluntary sector, and secondary tier services can be bridged. We are therefore looking for practitioners who can build partnerships, and can work flexibly, adaptively, and creatively in growing and developing these locally focussed teams.

Please note:

this role is open to Nursing, OT and Social Work core mental health professions with current registration on the NMC, HCPC or SWE registers. Counselling and Psychotherapy applicants without these core profession qualifications or registration will not be shortlisted.



Please see the attached for full details and responsibilities.