Community Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for a experienced Mental Health Practitioner, from a professional background of Nursing, OT or Social Work who can demonstrate excellent assessment and communication skills, in working with people in the community experiencing a mental health crisis and the ability to deliver a compassionate, person-centred and high quality service to patients, carers and others who are referred to the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. You will need to have experience of assessing and managing risk in mental health.

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).

Main duties of the job

The service is looking to appoint candidates who are highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative and resourceful, and who have a passion for working with people and for developing good working relationships with carers. You will have the opportunity to forge close links with the third (voluntary) sector, as well as with other specialist teams within the Trust and within Primary Care and Partnerships. This is an exciting and diverse role working with a whole range of different mental health presentations. Consider the team as place to embed your learning, broaden your skills and develop your career! The role will be based at Mill View Hospital in Hove, and you will be required to carry out home visits as part of the role as well as seeing patients on site.

Person Specification

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 16 August 2026

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