Community Mental Health Practitioner
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Worthing, BN13 3AT
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
The Dementia Care Home Support Team (DCHST) is a new service created to support people with dementia living in West Sussex who required increased supp...
As a Community Mental Health professional in our service you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their carers to co-create care and risk plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to success in this role is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers.
We welcome applications for qualified mental health nurses and Occupational Therapists.
The role of Community Nurse/OT is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing/OT advice and carry out specialist nursing/OT procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for student nurses.
As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.As a nurse, OT in our team we can offer you:- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team.- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)- A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/OT with current registration [mental health/LD], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience of dementia either worked or lived
- Lone working
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 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
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
28 August 2026
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