Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Urgent Care Practitioner - The Haven

The closing date is 14 September 2025

Job summary

An exciting 10 month secondment/fixed term opportunity has arisen at the Langley Green Hospital Haven.

The Haven aims to prevent the need for A&E attendance where people are experiencing a mental health crisis and require a period of time (usually up to 23 hours) for assessment and support with onward care and treatment planning.

Main duties of the job

At the Haven, practitioners are confident and work with a great deal of autonomy. Colleagues are expected to be able to triage referrals and whether patients referred are suitable to attend, and to conduct thorough and holistic assessments over a 23 hour period.

It is expected that nurses are able to safely plan onward care collaboratively with the person accessing services as well as family and carers enabling safe and effective discharge back into the community and continued recovery from a period of mental health crisis.

We screen and consider referrals from a range of allied professionals including the police, ambulance colleagues, community mental health teams, and mental health liaison teams in A&E departments.

Working at The Haven offers practitioners the opportunity to further develop skills in conducting holistic assessments of a persons' wellbeing, care and treatment planning, a broader understanding of mental health pathways and options for supporting people outside of hospital settings, confidence in collaborating with people accessing services as well as family/carers, and autonomy in delivering high quality care and treatment planning.

About us

SPFT provides 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

Date posted

29 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum / pro rata for part time

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AN-20877

Job locations

Langley Green Hospital

Crawley

RH11 7EJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for motivated, flexible, reliable and experienced practitioners who are keen to continue developing their skills in holistically supporting individuals experiencing mental health crisis who want to take on a new challenge and broaden their skills and knowledge.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Nurse,
Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL's
Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)

Analytical & Judgement skill

Essential

Excellent clinical skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Nurse,
Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL's
Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)

Analytical & Judgement skill

Essential

Excellent clinical skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).