Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am- 5pm Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 354-AE-21245
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's House
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a passion for working with adults?
Are you motivated by a role where you can make a huge difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community?
Would you like to help us improve and further develop our Access and Duty functions within the community mental health teams?
If so, one of these two senior nursing positions at Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in East Sussex is the role for you!
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a confident, competent and dynamic Mental Health Nurse or OT or a Senior Social Worker with interest in adult mental health. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to providing a high-quality service that addresses the health inequalities experienced by vulnerable adults.
Main duties of the job
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Your main duties will involve: · Clinical leadership within Eastbourne NMHT focusing on access (Triage) and response (Duty) clinical functions. · Supporting clinical decisions and responsiveness of Specialist Adult community to include the initial triaging and assessment of mental health, neuro-disability and risks from anywhere in Eastbourne community · Contributing to the creation and review of a multidisciplinary and multiagency formulation with complex difficulties and needs and building strong multi agency partnership and collaborative working. · Providing short-term treatment/interventions with a small caseload · Supporting the day-to-day clinical staff in their clinical decision making and interventions. · Leading on the implementation of our new clinical information system (SystmOne) and providing assurance that the clinical paperwork is completed promptly, accurately and up to date. This would include Risk assessments and MDT care and safety planning, as well as supporting staff with medication information. · Leading on the implementation of the NMHT standard operating procedures and further place-based community development of Integrated Care Team in Eastbourne.
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Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.
Both roles are full time positions, Monday to Friday, 9-5. However, we encourage flexible working and we understand that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
We’d love you to join our Trust that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other 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
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In order to be a successful Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in our team you will be: - Registered with the NMC - Experienced in risk management and working with Adults - Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role - Adaptable, organised, compassionate and a team player - Experienced working within a community mental health setting
It would also be advantageous if you are: - Experienced working in multi-agency and multi disciplinary setting, with strong preference for collaborative working. - A nurse prescriber qualification is desirable - and, if not already, an interest in completing this qualification
Please see attached Job Description for further details of the role. Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams bring together local NHS mental health services, GPs and community organisations to offer joined-up, personalised support. The goal is to make sure that people receive the right help, focused on what matters to them - without needing to repeat their story or navigate different services. We work with adults aged 18 and over who are going through mental health challenges that are affecting their daily life.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy or Nursing/Social Work
- Evidence of post qualification study
- Registration with the HPC, NMC or Social Work England
- Training in the use of standardised assessment tools
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience as a qualified mental health practitioner
- Broad experience of working with adults with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of multidisciplinary
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience of multi-agency work
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of clinical approaches
Desirable criteria
- Experience of urgent care pathway
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
- Alex Bogdanovic
- Job title
- Service Manager Eastbourne NMHT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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