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Job overview

We are seeking to recruit dynamic Band 6 practitioners.Ìý The post is open to qualified Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.

Do you have a desire to support an established and dynamic Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team?

Are you committed to delivering quality driven mental health services?

Do you value working positively, respectfully and collaboratively?

If so, we’d love you to join us!

We areÌý looking to recruit skilled and highly motivated practitioners to join us as Band 6 Urgent Care Practitioners in the CRHTT, working closely with the acuteÌý mental health hospital and community teams to support people in a mental health crisis.Ìý CRHT are able to offer all the benefits of a hospital admission whilst remaining at home, including home visits from our experienced multi- disciplinary team.. We are committed to a focused recovery model.Ìý This post involves 7 day week 365 days per year working on a rota basis.Ìý

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Main duties of the job

You will be an excellent communicator, demonstrating empathy and facilitating an inclusive and collaborative environment and assessment to those service users accessing CRHT services with a particular focus on:

• Utilising your excellent clinical skills and judgement to assess individual needs and risks
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and supportive discharge planning,
• Work compassionately and creatively to identify therapeutic and evidence-based outcomes and care plans for people who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health
• Work closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate and promote the safety and the well-being of service users and their families/carers.
• work collaboratively across the urgent care services being responsible for supportive discharge assessments and participating in multi- agency meetings.Ìý

Working for our organisation

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 are building a new hospital in Bexhill to replace our inpatient services at the Department of Psychiatry. This means that, if you are successful in your application, you will be asked to transfer to the new facilities when they open in 2025.