Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20924
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Haven Mill View Hospital
- Town
- Brighton & Hove
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum / pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Mental Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
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.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Mill View 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.
Haven Band 6 RMN
The Haven Mill View Hospital is an Urgent Care mental health assessment unit, providing a safe, therapeutic space for an extended and intensive period of support. We care for a small number of people at any time, meaning we can provide a person centred and bespoke service.
We are currently looking for dynamic, caring and passionate Band 6 nurses to join our close and supportive team.
The service operates 7 days a week and weekend and evening work will be required.
We look forward to hearing from you, and want to welcome you to our team!
We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC.
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).
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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification
- Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health) appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Desirable- 2 years B6 experience.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post qualifying experience relevant to the care group
- Experience of working alongside people with severe mental health problems particularly in their acute phase of illness
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- 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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Sankar
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0220
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