# Urgent Care Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-care-practitioner/f6c642c2-5809-454e-abdf-14917f03808a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-care-practitioner/f6c642c2-5809-454e-abdf-14917f03808a.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 - **Contract type:** Permanent: Shift pattern - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T13:01:14.909Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Chichester/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Urgent_Care/Community_Urgent_Care-v8038302 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8038302?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of this multi-disciplinary Crisis Home Treatment Team you will be supporting people experiencing a crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. We support patients, family members and carers and remain committed to the recovery model and a holistic way of working in their homes, offering a variety of therapeutic interventions and support to aid recovery. In the multi-disciplinary team, you would be working with the Team Leader, Discharge Lead and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologists, Urgent Care Practitioners, Senior Support Workers and Peer Support Workers ### Main duties of the job The role of this team is varied and plays a central role within the urgent care pathway. You will be liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units being responsible for early discharge assessments. This role will involve attending and contributing to multi agency professionals' meetings. It is preferable to have some experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team) and the ability to work autonomously is essential. In this post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 7-day service. Chichester and Bognor CRHTT cover a large geographical area (Arundel, Bognor Regis, Wittering's, Selsey, Southbourne, Midhurst, Pulborough, Petworth). Therefore, having access to your own transport is essential or you must be able to demonstrate your ability to travel across the patch in an efficient and timely manner. Please contact the team leader if you wish to discuss this further. This is a seven day per week service from 7.30 to 21.30, which may necessitate some shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - - Registered Nurse with current registration \[RMN /LD\] - - Registered Social Worker - - Registered Occupational Therapist Knowledge/Experience Essential - - Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007). - - Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions - - Child and Adult safe guarding procedures - - Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload. - - Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge - Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group ## Job Details If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of this multi-disciplinary Crisis Home Treatment Team you will be supporting people experiencing a crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. We support patients, family members and carers and remain committed to the recovery model and a holistic way of working in their homes, offering a variety of therapeutic interventions and support to aid recovery. In the multi-disciplinary team, you would be working with the Team Leader, Discharge Lead and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologists, Urgent Care Practitioners, Senior Support Workers and Peer Support Workers ## Job Description The role of this team is varied and plays a central role within the urgent care pathway. You will be liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units being responsible for early discharge assessments. This role will involve attending and contributing to multi agency professionals' meetings. It is preferable to have some experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team) and the ability to work autonomously is essential. In this post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 7-day service. Chichester and Bognor CRHTT cover a large geographical area (Arundel, Bognor Regis, Wittering's, Selsey, Southbourne, Midhurst, Pulborough, Petworth). Therefore, having access to your own transport is essential or you must be able to demonstrate your ability to travel across the patch in an efficient and timely manner. Please contact the team leader if you wish to discuss this further. This is a seven day per week service from 7.30 to 21.30, which may necessitate some shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements ## Responsibilities - Registered Nurse with current registration \[RMN /LD\] - Registered Social Worker - Registered Occupational Therapist Knowledge/Experience Essential - Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007). - Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions - Child and Adult safe guarding procedures - Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload. - Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group ## 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 and 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 ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [urgent care practitioner (pdf, 248.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326629) ## 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.