Job overview
Band 6 Triage practitioner - Full-time, permanent position
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE? ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED MENTAL HEALTH NURSE, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST OR SOCIAL WORKER LOOKING FOR A NEW OPPORTUNITY AND THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER?
We have a Band 6 vacancy as a Triage practitioner for Wealden and Lewes Neighbourhood Mental Health teams. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner to join our triage team.
The post is based in our Newhaven base. Newhaven is a small harbour town in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, only a few miles from Eastbourne and Brighton.
If successful, you would join a small, dedicated and dynamic team who manage the referrals coming into the Neighbourhood teams. The role involves the screening, assessment and prioritisation of cases and liaising with our neighbourhood partners in primary care.
Main duties of the job
With the support of our two Triage Senior Nurse Practitioners, this role entails ensuring referrals are triaged and managed within the agreed time scales and appropriate to clinical need. As you will be at the front door of the service, you will need to possess excellent communication skills to enable us to represent the service professionally, maintain positive working relationships with our partner agencies and establish rapport and trust with the people referred.
You will also need well developed mental health and risk assessment skills and a good working knowledge of mental health services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To undertake initial assessments of individuals and their families
- To complete risk assessments and develop care plans
- To contribute to risk management and safety planning
- To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Practitioner (Adult Triage) with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jun 2026.
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