We have an exciting role available for a Mental Health Practitioner within the ABC Primary Care Network in Maidstone. This role is part of the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme, which aims to bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health services by delivering high quality Mental Health care in a Primary Care setting.
The role provides a wonderful opportunity for a registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to improve the experience for individuals with mental health needs, through offering early assessment and access to treatment and support to promote mental health and wellbeing in primary care, as well as getting involved in transformational work across the primary care network.
ABC Primary Care Network consists of a group of three GP practices located in the Maidstone area, including Blackthorn Medical Centre, the College Practice and Aylesford Medical Centre.
The role requires a practitioner with excellent assessments skills and who enjoys working autonomously, whilst demonstrating excellent communication skills to enable effective interdisciplinary working across a wide multi-disciplinary team.
Applicants will ideally have experience of working in a Primary Care and/or Community Mental Health Team setting and above all have the ambition and drive needed to work within an environment of change and innovation.
The successful applicant will have access to regular supervision with a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, Professional Supervision, Group Peer Supervision and day to day support from members of the multi-disciplinary team.
A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential to this role due to the service requirements of working across multiple sites.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
To provide mental health assessments.
To provide brief psychological interventions where appropriate
To work collaboratively with the PCN practices and be an integral part of the wider MDTbuild networks with other mental health workers to allow closer integration across PCNs and localities.
To work closely with other PCN-based roles to help address the potential range of biopsychosocial needs of patients with mental health problems.
To facilitate onward access to treatment services
To forge a culture of partnership between Primary Care, Specialist Mental Health Services, Social Care and the third sector to enable a better understanding and links to all services available.
To work closely and collaboratively with secondary care providers, to ensure smooth transitions between services and that all patients are seen by the right professional, at the right time in the right setting.
Be responsible for the maintenance and accurate recording of patients’ information in the documentation systems and ensure the effective dissemination of service user information throughout the multi-disciplinary team.
To identify and respond to own continuous development needs particularly in relation to assessment and treatment of patients with common mental health issues.
To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024