Job summary
We have a great opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse as a Triage practitioner for our Specialist Older Adults Service within High Weald Lewes and Havens Assessment and Treatment Service.
If successful, you would join a dedicated and dynamic team, and would be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future.
The job role entails ensuring referrals into our Older Adults service are triaged and managed within the agreed time scales and appropriate to clinical need. You will need to possess excellent assessment skills, as well as having working knowledge of mental health services.
As this post is at the front end of our service delivery, you will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to build trusting relationships with our partners.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
The post is 22.5 hours per week and is based at Hill Rise, Newhaven, East Sussex.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the Role:
- Review referrals from other professionals for level of appropriateness, urgency and risk; and re-direct and sign-post to other services if necessary.
- Gather information relevant to referrals from appropriate sources such as GPs and adult social care.
- Provide a point of contact for patients initially referred into the service.
- Make initial contact with patients referred into the service to discuss their current presentation, risk and care pathway.
- Support carers and families, and engage with carers to provide information relevant to the referral as part of the team's approach to triangle of care.
- Attend team meetings weekly to discuss complex and risky referrals within an MDT setting.
- Be involved in raising safe guardings when there are concerns about vulnerable adults or children at risk.
About us
Working for your organisation (Introduce the team, atmosphere, work ethic and benefits. Please ensure that this is not just about the organisation as a whole.)
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
The Trust offers a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction. As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:
o Excellent starting salary
o NHS Pension contributions
o 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
o Flexible Working patterns
o Child care vouchers
o Excellent training and development opportunities
o NHS Discounts
o Employee Assistance Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties are:
- Review referrals from other professionals for level of appropriateness, urgency and risk; and re-direct and sign-post to other services if necessary.
- Gather information relevant to referrals from appropriate sources such as GPs and adult social care.
- Provide a point of contact for patients initially referred into the service.
- Make initial contact with patients referred into the service to discuss their current presentation, risk and care pathway.
- Support carers and families, and engage with carers to provide information relevant to the referral as part of the team's approach to triangle of care.
- Attend team meetings weekly to discuss complex and risky referrals within an MDT setting.
- Be involved in raising safe guardings when there are concerns about vulnerable adults or children at risk.
Please Contact Sara Hawkins, Team Lead if you require any additional information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties are:
- Review referrals from other professionals for level of appropriateness, urgency and risk; and re-direct and sign-post to other services if necessary.
- Gather information relevant to referrals from appropriate sources such as GPs and adult social care.
- Provide a point of contact for patients initially referred into the service.
- Make initial contact with patients referred into the service to discuss their current presentation, risk and care pathway.
- Support carers and families, and engage with carers to provide information relevant to the referral as part of the team's approach to triangle of care.
- Attend team meetings weekly to discuss complex and risky referrals within an MDT setting.
- Be involved in raising safe guardings when there are concerns about vulnerable adults or children at risk.
Please Contact Sara Hawkins, Team Lead if you require any additional information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- 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
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
