Job Description

This is a dynamic and fast paced role for a registered and experienced mental health nurse who can work as both a core member of the MDT and also an autonomous practitioner to achieve the best outcomes for people referred to our service by The Princess Royal Hospital for assessment of their presenting mental health need and associated risks.



You will need excellent communication skills and be able to foster excellent relationships with patients, carers, general hospital colleagues and other parts of the health and social care system.



We offer comprehensive biopsychosocial mental health assessments for all mental health presentations for people aged over 18. We work in collaboration with people referred to our service and their loved ones by offering timely interventions to support those presenting in crisis.



The post holder will need to be able to work flexible shifts to support the delivery of our 24/7 service.



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).



Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in south east England.



The role of the Urgent Care Practitioner is to prioritise and respond to the needs of service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. The post holder will carry out psychosocial assessments, including risk assessment and formulate clinically appropriate onward plans of care, providing specialist mental health advice, support and interventions to staff, carers and patients and other agencies. The post holder will always work to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers.



Please see job description attached for more detail.