Job overview

Lead Practitioner - Qualified Nurse/OT/Social Worker

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) to join the new Multiple Admissions Pathway for Lewes, Wealden and Eastbourne areas. We are looking for someone who has a keen interest in working with people with complex mental health difficulties to support recovery and reduce hospital admissions.  We will support you to develop the skills needed to work in an open dialogue informed approach, in which we are responsive to clients' needs and facilitate a network of care.

Main duties of the job

To maintain client safety, in collaboration with clients, carers and other team members.

To be responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect clients.

To provide clinical advice to other professionals on complex issues.

To undertake urgent and priority assessments, including risk assessments.

To be responsible for coordination and decision making in a crisis.

To be responsible for complex care, including when the client's community Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is unavailable.

To support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required.

To liaise with other services (including emergency support and care services) as required.

To participate in setting quality standards and offering a consistent approach to clients.

To maintain an effective reporting system

To provide verbal and written observations on clients

To support the team with other specialist assessments, as required

To maintain professional standards

To deliver psychologically informed interventions

To attend open dialogue informed network meetings, and to work towards facilitating these.

Working for our organisation

The NHS is changing and with more emphasis on community-based care there's never been a better time to join us. Over the next three years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.

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.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Dr Sally McGuire, Principal Psychologist (Lead for MAP Lewes, Wealden and Eastbourne) to learn more about the role.