# Community Mental Health Practitioner (Adult Triage) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-practitioner-adult-triage/7c504545-2d67-44df-8235-6155b2250b73 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-practitioner-adult-triage/7c504545-2d67-44df-8235-6155b2250b73.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T13:30:58.905Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Newhaven/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8066571 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8066571?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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 ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with current registration \[mental health/LD/Adult\], appropriate to the job role - Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent - 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 ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [b6 social worker (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357472) - [b6 occupational therapist (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357473) - [b6 community mental health nurse (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357471) ## 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.