Worthing NMHT Acute and Community Transition Practitioner
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Worthing, BN13 3EPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
We are seeking a Band 6 Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist to join our Worthing Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as an Acute and Communit...
As an Acute and Community Transition Practitioner you will be working closely with colleagues in our hospital discharge teams, to ensure that we achieve timely and safe discharges for patients. You will have oversight of all patients identified with complex needs, ensuring that the discharge planning and pathways are being robustly and proactively managed for these individuals.
You will play a key role in supporting our inpatient services in achieving timely discharges, supporting our aspiration to offer care and treatment for all patients within the most appropriate environments.
In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated nearer home and in the least restrictive manner, have better outcomes. You will work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team and our Adult and Older Adult Services, to help us provide this opportunity for the people of Sussex.
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).
Community mental health services are undergoing a real transformation, and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams are becoming part of a more integrated network of services, with our mental health clinicians playing a central role in driving these changes in close partnership with colleagues in primary care and the third sector.
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful, so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
- Regular Line Management Clinical and Professional supervision
- Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including
- The opportunity to participate in a range QI work and service innovations
- Varied leadership development opportunities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental health Nurse Occupational Therapist or Social worker with current registration
- Completion of Mentorship Course
- Evidence of continuous professional development
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 supervising staff
- 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
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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First seen
7 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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