The NHS111/Option mental health is a 24/7 mental health crisis line for anyone who may be in crisis and in urgent need of help with their mental health.
The service is free and is available to anyone of any age who is concerned about their own mental health or that of a relative or friend. This includes carers and healthcare professionals.
The NHS111/Option mental health is staffed by a team of experienced mental health clinicians and operators. Although we are not a counselling service, all our staff will listen and help callers to identify and clarify their immediate problems and to explore ways of coping or suggest alternative avenues of help.
We are looking to recruit experienced mental health clinicians to join our busy team. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and dedicated team responding to Sussex-wide callers who require support for their own or others mental health.
As a clinician you will be trained in triage and risk formulation/assessments to be utilised alongside your existing skills, to support callers and where necessary signpost to urgent care services across Sussex. You will also supervise, offer pastoral care and act as a point of escalation for a team of Call Operators who may require support with complex calls.
All work is telephone based, we are working from our office base in Sussex.

REQUIREMENTS:

Registered with the NMC or HCPC via a core professional qualification – Applications are welcomed from OT’s, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers.
Experienced in risk assessment and management
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
Ability to work flexible hours; to include evenings, weekends and nights
Able to work autonomously
Ability to travel and work from an office based in Worthing, Sussex.

Please refer the Job description for details