Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Urgent Care Practitioner

The closing date is 25 September 2025

Job summary

If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Team at St Richards Hospital in Chichester you will be supporting people experiencing a Mental Health crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. A number of our patients are referred with self-harm or a history of self-harming behaviours. MHLT also receives referrals from patients admitted to the wards with complex physical and mental health problems.

The role involves working alongside the acute hospital colleagues and health professional including drugs and alcohol services, Social Services and charitable organisations involved in the patients care and ongoing support.

The team operates the Core 24 Liaison Model and is a 24/7 service. The urgent care practitioner would work day and night shifts. The Working Adults and Older Persons teams are integrated. The Liaison Team are commissioned for two Older Persons Liaison Nurses Monday to Friday and their speciality is working with Older Persons Mental Health

Within the multi-disciplinary team, you would be working with the Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liaison Consultant Psychiatrist, Counselling Psychologist, Urgent Care Practitioners and Older Persons Mental Health Liaison Nurses

Main duties of the job

The role of this team is to provide full biopsychosocial assessments and risk management plans for patients with mental health needs. Then to establish client centred safe discharge plans or signposting the patients to others appropriate services. The successful candidate will be caring for patients who have both physical and mental health needs.

The post involves liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units. It is preferable to have previous experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team). In the post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 24/7 service in line with Core 24.

You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity for personal and professional development as well as contributing to the team's development. The team has access to a psychologist and monthly reflective practice.

This is a seven day per week service from which will necessitate some shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements.

About us

You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will 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.

In return we can offer 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:

Excellent starting salary
NHS Pension contributions
27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
Flexible Working patterns
Child care vouchers
Excellent training and development opportunities
NHS Discounts
Employee Assistance Programme

Date posted

16 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AC-21198

Job locations

St Richards Hospital

Spitafield Lane

Chichester

PO19 6SE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse with current registration [RMN /LD]
Registered Social Worker
Registered Occupational Therapist

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload.
Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group

If you want like to talk to us about the post or visit us at St Richards Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex please do contact us: Martin Ryan martin.ryan1@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse with current registration [RMN /LD]
Registered Social Worker
Registered Occupational Therapist

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload.
Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group

If you want like to talk to us about the post or visit us at St Richards Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex please do contact us: Martin Ryan martin.ryan1@nhs.net

Person Specification

Professional registration

Essential

4 years experience

Desirable

Evidence of robust assessment and risk management

Person Specification

Professional registration

Essential

4 years experience

Desirable

Evidence of robust assessment and risk management

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).