# Mental Health Lead Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-lead-practitioner/f0744494-c38a-4645-98ee-6e56d9b13725 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-lead-practitioner/f0744494-c38a-4645-98ee-6e56d9b13725.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 pa / pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T14:31:27.784Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Crawley/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8020756 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8020756?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Sussex Partnership foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 mental health professionals with knowledge and experience in mental health, to work as an integral part of the neighbourhood mental health team in the community of Crawley. You will be based in Crawley providing assessments and treatment for clients with severe and enduring mental health conditions, liaising with acute care services, Crisis cafes in partnerships with local 3rd sector providers, Police Street triage options and Police Custody Healthcare to support clients with their mental health and wellbeing 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 In this role you would be able to foster recovery through empowerment of service users and carers by involving the service user and carer in the planning of their care establishing and maintaining consistent supportive relationships, which encourage increased self-determination and responsibility for service users and their care. You would be able to offer a range of evidence-based interventions and risk management approaches enabling the service user and carers to reduce and manage symptoms and high-risk behaviour. This role gives practitioners opportunities to be proactive, innovative and creative in delivering care, enabling the facilitation of service user's recovery and engage service users and carers in relapse prevention and crisis plans, providing intervention that maximizes the service user's ability to resolve crisis and prevent hospitalization by working closely with in-patient and crisis services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities About us We provide mental health to working age adults in Crawley , West Sussex. All our clinicians are given opportunities to develop and grow as professionals in the organisation. We provide regular supervision, a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential. Please see attached Job Description for further details ## Job Details Sussex Partnership foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 mental health professionals with knowledge and experience in mental health, to work as an integral part of the neighbourhood mental health team in the community of Crawley. You will be based in Crawley providing assessments and treatment for clients with severe and enduring mental health conditions, liaising with acute care services, Crisis cafes in partnerships with local 3rd sector providers, Police Street triage options and Police Custody Healthcare to support clients with their mental health and wellbeing 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). ## Job Description In this role you would be able to foster recovery through empowerment of service users and carers by involving the service user and carer in the planning of their care establishing and maintaining consistent supportive relationships, which encourage increased self-determination and responsibility for service users and their care. You would be able to offer a range of evidence-based interventions and risk management approaches enabling the service user and carers to reduce and manage symptoms and high-risk behaviour. This role gives practitioners opportunities to be proactive, innovative and creative in delivering care, enabling the facilitation of service user's recovery and engage service users and carers in relapse prevention and crisis plans, providing intervention that maximizes the service user's ability to resolve crisis and prevent hospitalization by working closely with in-patient and crisis services. ## Responsibilities About us We provide mental health to working age adults in Crawley , West Sussex. All our clinicians are given opportunities to develop and grow as professionals in the organisation. We provide regular supervision, a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential. Please see attached Job Description for further details ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health/OT/Social worker qualification - Post Basic Courses / relevant Study Days - Evidence of CPD ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Three years’ post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems - Experience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies - Experience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work. - Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems ## Documents - [protocol (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10307155) - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [lead practitioner jd (pdf, 266.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10307154) ## 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.