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ARRS Mental Health Practitioner

Integrated Care System

Royal Tunbridge Wells

On-site

GBP 35,000 - 45,000

Full time

9 days ago

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Kent seeks an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to provide essential mental health support in Tunbridge Wells. This role involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team within the Primary Care Network to enhance patient care. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in mental health support and hold the necessary professional registration. The position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in community mental health services.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
  • Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

  • Embedded in the PCN Multi-Disciplinary Team.
  • Provide mental health care in Primary Care Settings.
  • Act as a bridge between primary care and secondary mental health providers.

Skills

Mental health support experience
Team collaboration
Assessment skills

Education

Professional registration in healthcare or social work

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

ARRS Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 21 August 2025

This exciting and innovative position will provide mental health support to Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network (PCN) in Kent.

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner: Nurses/Social Workers/Occupational Therapists to work in Tunbridge Wells PCN as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

It is an exciting time to join services in Kent as we are transforming community Mental Health services and these roles are the building blocks for those developments. You will primarily work in the PCN as a member of the integrated teams in GP surgeries.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

The practitioner will be embedded as part of the PCN Multi-Disciplinary Team. Working alongside the other roles, you will have close links with the community mental health Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). The practitioner can access and draw on secondary mental health services and help provide a "bridge" between primary care and secondary mental health providers by delivering high quality mental health care in Primary Care Settings.

The role requires a highly competent, proficient practitioner, who is able to work autonomously & creatively in this busy, demanding role. Excellent assessment skills and knowledge of local resources are essential to this role, as it is the gatekeeper and guardian for referral to secondary care services.

We are seeking experienced Mental Health Practitioners who can come and make a difference. Providing high quality interventions in our new primary care integrated mental health service, you will be an important member of our primary care team.

About us

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 mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Experience
  • Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
Qualifications
  • Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
Skills
  • Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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