Priory Hospital Burgess Hill

The Services offered at Burgess Hill, part of Priory, (Acute & PICU) are aimed at supporting stabilisation and recovery and affords the opportunity to offer a variety of Therapeutic Interventions aimed at developing coping strategies within one hospital environment.

At Burgess Hill, we offer an individualised, person-centred approach to all of our patients. People are often admitted to our PICU ward from a general hospital, where they have been identified as needing intensive support while they are in an acute phase of being unwell. Our PICU ward supports people in a severe phase of illness, who require a high level of psychiatric intensive care.Our aim is to work towards discharge for people staying with us, at an early stage, to ensure they receive intensive and effective support that will enable them to get back to living their life.

Our assessment and treatment options are overseen by a full and diverse MDT. We offer:

• Occupational therapy
• 1:1 support
• Psychology
• Trauma informed therapy

Our acute services offer round-the-clock assistance in times of emergencies. Our specialist inpatient acute teams are committed to providing the highest quality of care, supporting patients with a wide range of mental health conditions in safe and highly therapeutic environments.

Our PICU services have been designed to support people in a severe phase of illness, who cannot be managed in acute services. Our dedicated PICU services place us at the forefront of specialised intensive care, and our highly trained teams can support people with complex needs and behaviours that challenge, along with co-existing issues (such as substance misuse).

We are able to support people with complex mental health needs, including:

• Personality disorders
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Psychosis
• Self-harm
• Schizophrenia

We can also support people who present with the following challenges, alongside their primary mental health diagnosis:

• A learning disability
• Physical disabilities
• Sexual offending (depending on risk)
• Substance misuse
• Violence and aggression
• Autism

We are able to support patients detained under the MHA.

People within our PICU service tend to stay with us only for as long as clinically required and until they are deemed suitable for a stepdown service.

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The Services offered at Burgess Hill (Acute & PICU) are aimed at supporting stabilisation and recovery and affords the opportunity to offer a variety of Therapeutic Interventions aimed at developing coping strategies within one hospital environment.

The expertise provided enable us to support patients with a high level of risk and challenging behaviours including individuals with risk of violence and aggression, harm to self and trauma alongside people who may require a period of stabilisation transitioning from high dependency care or acute cate, depending on diagnosis.

Our clinical programmes focus on:∙

• Working collaboratively with the discharge teams to ensure a smooth transition to further support, into existing community services, or to an individual’s home were possible.
• Restore and maintain our patients’ quality of life by providing the therapeutic approaches and coping strategies that are most appropriate.
• Building skills to increase independence to promote people stepping down to care in the least restrictive setting, appropriate to their health needs.
• Substance misuse and addictions treatment support. There are ample opportunities within Priory Hospital Burgess Hill which is looking for nurses who want to be part of our journey to ‘Outstanding’ and who put patient care at the forefront of everything they do.

Nursing Career Profile

• Deliver high quality, service users focussed care
• Participate in the development of new services and care pathways
• Engage in continuous quality improvement within your service Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Abilities
• Registered nurse with active NMC PIN
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality
• Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

Practical information about working at Priory Hospital

Set in attractive grounds in a rural setting, on the edge of the South Downs National Park. We are located just off the A23. Alternatively we are a 30 minute train journey from Brighton train station to Burgess Hill train station with a small commute via bus or cycle to site. Haywards Heath is a 10 minute ride away via car. It is a town full of restaurants with straight train links to London and Brighton.