Principal Applied Psychologist / Psychotherapist

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Maidstone is seeking an Open Dialogue Practitioner. In this role, you will facilitate the development of the Peer Supported Open Dialogue service and co-facilitate training for staff. Ideal candidates will be trained mental health professionals with experience in crisis support. Join a compassionate team dedicated to providing excellent mental health care in the Garden of England.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in working with service users in crisis.
• Awareness of clinical governance and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the development of the Peer Supported Open Dialogue service.
• Co-facilitate training sessions for other staff members.
• Support service users and their social networks.

Skills

Trained and registered mental health worker

Experience in open dialogue training

Ability to co-facilitate training

Stakeholder liaison skills

Understanding of peer-supported work

Prioritizing casework

Education

Mental health nursing qualification or equivalent

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Open Dialogue Practitioner to facilitate the on‑going development of the Peer Supported Open Dialogue service (POD) within KMPT, the only stand‑alone NHS Open Dialogue service in the UK.

Within this position, you will participate in promoting POD and co‑facilitate training sessions for others. Your responsibilities will involve working alongside POD‑trained staff and trainees, supporting service users and their social networks from crisis to recovery, and integrating this new care model throughout KMPT.

Main duties of the job

You will be a trained and registered mental health worker (nurse, OT, therapist) who is currently trained in, or participating in open dialogue training. This OD training must be recognised by KMPT. You will have a minimum of 2 years post‑registration experience or have experience in working within an Open Dialogue team, working alongside service users and their social networks in crisis, and understanding the importance of peer‑supported work. You will ideally have experience of prioritising casework and allocation/delegation of tasks to others. Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations. Awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.

You will be willing to co‑facilitate training of POD.

Working for our organisation

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.