Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Qualifications
Evidence of post graduate level study/training
- Qualifications
Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Qualifications
Practice Education training
- Qualifications
Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools
- Knowledge/Exprience
Experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Knowledge/Exprience
Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Knowledge/Exprience
Experience of both group and individual work
- Knowledge/Exprience
Experience of multidisciplinary working
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Lewes Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Newhaven is a lively specialist, multi-disciplinary service for adults with severe mental illness. The base is in Newhaven, in the middle of the beautiful South Downs National Park and only a few miles from the cosmopolitan city of Brighton.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced mental health practitioners to join our team and we particularly welcome applications from Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and RMNs.
The role is an exciting mix of assessment, care coordination, risk management and crisis prevention and there is a range of opportunities to get involved in innovative group treatments, psychoeducational interventions and research projects.
We work collaboratively with our wonderful service users to help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. We work with Carers and the system around the person to create opportunities for growth and stability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who holds responsibility for a defined caseload of service users but who can share risk and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team to:
- Undertake assessments of individuals and their families where there are complex health presentations and levels of risk.
- To co-develop care plans with service users
- To offer specialist assessments and advice
- To assess and manage on going risks in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
- 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.
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.
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Practitioner with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Haywards Heath, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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