# Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner - Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-lead-practitioner-nurse/4c0ecf27-dfe7-4f4c-a833-89f3604cd1f3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-lead-practitioner-nurse/4c0ecf27-dfe7-4f4c-a833-89f3604cd1f3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £48,117 per annum / pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T11:30:35.634Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Littlehampton/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health_Lead_Practitioner_Nurse/Community_Mental_Health_Lead_Practitioner_Nurse-v8116666 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8116666?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Arun (Littlehampton) Neighbourhood Mental Health Team  Lead Practitioner Qualified Nurse The Littlehampton Neighbourhood Mental Health Team are looking for a qualified and experienced Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse) who has a keen interest in working in a supportive multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties. The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. You will be joining a warm, friendly, highly supportive team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people we see. This post is open to band 5 to 6 development. ### Main duties of the job - To maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and other team members - Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient. - Provides clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines. - Undertakes urgent and priority assessments with risk assessments. - Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation. - Take responsibility for the management of complex people who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead Professional is absent from work and the person requires an urgent response. - Working to support the team where Intensive Home-Based Treatment is required. - To liaise with other services eg: Police; A & E as required. - Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team. - Support the team to deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care. - Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions. - Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required for example, application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal. - To maintain professional standards of care at all time ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Excellent communication skills are needed in the role in regard to communicating with all stakeholders including service users, carers, third sector providers, internal and external agencies and services. Ideally, we would prefer someone who has experience of supporting service users with mental health problems (and we positively encourage applicants with lived experience). An inclusive and positive attitude is essential. If your current role includes duty work, that will be an advantage in your application. We always provide a robust induction and the wellbeing of our team is always thought about. Supervision, appraisal and training are all highly valued and prioritized. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse / health professional with current registration appropriate to the job role - Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB / professional equivalent - Evidence of continuous professional development ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group (mental health or neurodevelopmental) - 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 ## Documents - [protocol (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412371) - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [band 6 mental health practitioner (pdf, 349.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412370) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.