Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Incentives Apply

Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Mental Health Liaison Practitioner Service in the Mid Sussex Assessment and Treatment Service. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide specialist assessment and short term interventions to patients to promote their recovery and you will have the opportunity to work closely with local practices, IAPT services, Recovery College and other providers in the local area.
Main duties of the job
You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work autonomously and we will support you by providing supervision and training including a comprehensive induction, access to complex case formulation and courses to support your continuous professional development.
Working in our team includes:

• Working autonomously as a Lead Practitioner to a defined caseload of clients. This will include offering specific interventions to people diagnosed with depression and anxiety and other conditions.
• You will provide assessment and treatment to our service users providing psycho-educational interventions that are time limited.
• Liaison with primary care workers and GP's, providing outcome of Assessment plans as well as detailed risk assessments
• You will be an active member of our MDT

Working for our organisation
What you will receive from us:

• Regular Line Management 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

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
We encourage flexible working. We know 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, home-working, part time hours, 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working as an MHLP includes:

• Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate Mental Health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
• You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
• Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
• You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.

To work closely with other practitioners, local day services, local education establishments employment agencies and third sector services
To provide information to patients, and their carers, about their care and options available to them.
To ensure that the service is equitable and accessible to clients and carers.
Quality and audit
To ensure that assessment and interventions are provided to agreed standards.
To keep GPs and primary care teams well informed on outcomes of interventions and therapies provided to their patients.
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria

• •Registered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
• •Up to date Registration
• •Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
• •Evidence of CPD

Experience
Essential criteria

• •Three years' post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of Mental Health problems
• •Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
• •Experience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work.
• •Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of Mental Health problems.
• • Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• •Experienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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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.