Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner

KENT AND MEDWAY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST; Margate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a senior clinician to lead community-based mental health care with a CBT or similar therapeutic approach. The role requires working across multiple sites within the Trust and delivering high-quality care.

Applicants should have Band 6+ experience, HCPC/NMC registration, and be willing to pursue post-registration therapy qualifications. A six-month probationary period applies for new staff joining from outside the Trust.

Qualifications

• Registration with HCPC/NMC and appropriate mental health qualifications.
• Post-registration therapy qualification or willingness to work towards this.
• Masters degree level via specialist modules or equivalent.
• Completed or working toward Practice Assessor Training.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Training package development

Travel between sites

Education

Nurse or Occupational Therapist qualification

HCPC/NMC registration

Masters degree or working towards

Practice Assessor Training

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Qualifications Mental Health Nurse, Occupational therapist and relevant HCPC/NMC registration
• Post-registration therapy qualification or wish and ability to work towards this
• Educated or working towards Masters degree level via specialist modules
• To have Undertaken Practice Assessor Training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience as a senior clinician (band 6 or above)
• Working individually with people using a CBT or similar therapeutic approach
• Working in the community with people with mental health problems

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of mental health problems particularly the impact of physical and mental illness on wellbeing
• Ability to develop and provide training packages

Additional requirement

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel to different sites across the Trust in a timely manner
• Computer literate

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter

The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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