Occupational Therapist / Nurse - Mental Health - Thinking Well
Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust, Eastbourne
Occupational Therapist / Nurse - Mental Health - Thinking Well
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Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust, Eastbourne
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 16 May | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: cdd38626ed05417b81d6911e0bd59399
Location ref: Eastbourne
Full Job Description
We are looking for a resilient and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Nurse to join our East Sussex Personality Disorder Service: Thinking Well.
This post would be an ideal opportunity for someone with a passion for working with people who have complex emotional needs and personality disorder. We are a supportive team with a commitment to reflective practice, formulation and co-production. We offer a group-based programme, so we are looking for someone who is confident facilitating psychoeducational & clinical groups. Some of the groups we have run are Emotion Regulation, Recovery through Activity; SUN (Service user network), SCM informed skills and MBT (Mentalization Based Treatment) Groups. There will be an opportunity for training & development in these areas.
This service is located in Lewes Well Being Centre on a Monday, Bexhill Well Being Centre on a Tuesday, Eastbourne Well Being Centre on a Thursday. The team has a work base at the Woodside Annexe in Hellingly, which is sometimes used for team meetings or administrative purposes, and travel expenses are calculated from this base. The post holder to be willing to travel across East Sussex.
The post is 37.5hrs, but open to discussion regarding flexible working., This is a varied role that involves Nurse/ OT assessment, formulation, and interventions, as well as safety planning, consultation, reflective practice and training the team and other agencies to work with personality disorder. You will be well supported in individual supervision and team reflective practice sessions to take up this role.
We're a large NHS Mental Health Trust in South East England. We're looking for people to help us provide high quality services for the patients, carers and local communities we serve.
We want patients and staff to recommend our organisation as a place where they would be happy for their friends and family to be treated. You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated our services good, following their most recent inspection, and outstanding in the caring domain