Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-21017
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mill View Hospital
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse, West NMHT
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
The West Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (previously known as the West Assessment and Treatment Service), based at Mill View Hospital is a Specialist Secondary Community Mental Health Service, providing multidisciplinary input in the form of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Support Workers, Consultant Psychiatrists, Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners, and Psychologists/Psychological therapists.
The West NMHT has close working relationships with Early Intervention Services, Specialist Personality Disorder Services, Urgent Care Services, Community Rehabilitation Services and Inpatient/Acute Services. There is also a close connection with our primary care colleagues in the Wellbeing Services (including IAPT) and Third Sector organisations through triage and shared packages of support. This is being further advanced through the development of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Model.
We are looking for an innovative and skilled Band 7 Lead Nurse for the West NMHT. The post holder will show a commitment to developing the clinical team in line with the National Framework for Community Mental Health Services and demonstrate a drive to support the team’s well-being and effectiveness, as well as providing senior nursing leadership to the team.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will need to have substantial clinical experience within a community mental health setting, demonstrate leadership acumen and be able to work collaboratively across a range of partners.
You will have a strong sense of team work, be able to demonstrate how you have worked productively within a team and describe the values that matter to you. You will need to embrace the use of performance measures to help to achieve agreed targets and support the team, through supervision arrangements, to provide assurance around care planning, risk assessment and participation.
You will need to have a lot of initiative, creativity, flexibility, a good sense of humour, and to know how to engage with people to bring the best out of them. In return you will be offered comprehensive induction, supervision, access to Coaching and Quality Improvement and the chance to join a friendly and caring team.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
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We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% 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 in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will include the coordination of referrals, allocations, delegation of clinical work and communication, as well as holding a small and defined caseload of complex patients. You will provide supervision to staff and work closely with other clinical leads and team leaders to deliver a safe and quality service.
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. We welcome informal visits or discussions about the role - please contact Almas Channon, Service Manager on 07738756954 or email [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role.
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in relevant clinical practice
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
- Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
- Experience of managing staff
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
- Almas Channon
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07738 756954
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