Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist - Gillingham

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming mental health care. As a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist, you'll play a vital role in delivering person-centered, holistic support to individuals facing mental health challenges. This position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with diverse teams, ensuring seamless care for service users. You'll engage in empowering recovery through innovative interventions and co-produced care plans. Embrace a culture of continuous learning and professional development while making a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Staff forum

Progression opportunities

Competitive annual leave

Incremental pay progression

Blue light card provider

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Company Car Lease Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience required.
• Experience in community teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions to promote recovery and social inclusion.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support service users.
• Coordinate care plans and manage risk effectively.

Skills

Evidence-based interventions

Mental health assessment

Care planning

Team collaboration

Crisis management

Communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

MELPS qualification

Job description

Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Invicta Health, in partnership with Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), is seeking to recruit Community Mental Health Practitioners to be part of Mental Health Together.

What is Mental Health Together?

In Kent and Medway, the community mental health transformation model has created a new service called Mental Health Together.

It is a multi-agency offer, bringing all the services and agencies supporting people with mental health needs closer together. This ensures that people receive the right care without navigating service boundaries or repeatedly sharing their story.

Mental Health Together will introduce new roles as part of a joined-up care model bridging the gap between primary care (GPs) and community mental health services (KMPT). It aims to treat people with complex mental health needs by:

• Providing person-centred, holistic support
• Removing barriers and thresholds across services
• Involving service users and carers as equal partners
• Building involvement and co-production into service design and delivery
• Delivering needs-led, personalised, trauma-informed care

Main duties of the job

The Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist will deliver stepped care through evidence-based interventions to promote recovery, social inclusion, and normalisation for service users with mental health problems.

They will collaborate with the MDT, CRHT, inpatient services, community teams, primary care, and the voluntary sector to support and treat service users, ensuring safe management within community settings.

The role's core purpose is to promote mental and physical health, prevent ill health, and treat mental health issues effectively, supporting strengths-based, inclusive, and co-produced care plans, especially for those with co-existing needs and marginalisation.

They will be responsible for assessment, management planning, and care delivery for allocated patients, supervising Band 5 Nurses/OTs and pre-registered students, and holding a mentoring qualification. A commitment to collaborative working and liaison with other professionals is essential.

About us

Invicta Health is a not-for-profit organization passionate about primary care, offering services such as GP surgeries, urgent treatment centres, mental health services, GP training, and more. We are a federation of GPs serving Canterbury and South Kent Coast, aiming to provide high-quality local services through collaboration.

Perks include:

• Learning and development opportunities
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Staff forum
• Progression opportunities
• Competitive annual leave
• Incremental pay progression
• Blue light card provider
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes
• Company Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Applying:

We offer full-time and part-time roles in Thanet, South Kent Coast, and Dartford. Please specify your preferred location and hours in your application.

We may close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Early applications are encouraged.

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

• Foster recovery through empowerment, using a strengths-based approach involving service users and carers in care planning, establishing supportive relationships that encourage self-determination.
• Offer evidence-based interventions and risk management strategies to help reduce and manage symptoms and high-risk behaviours during relapse episodes.
• Be proactive, innovative, and creative in delivering care to facilitate recovery.
• Engage service users and carers in relapse prevention and risk management/contingency planning, providing interventions to resolve crises and prevent hospital admissions.
• Coordinate with inpatient units to support discharge through appropriate pathways.
• Support early discharge from inpatient and CRHT teams through regular reviews.
• Deliver flexible, responsive services aligned with service user and carer needs.
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team and other agencies.
• Provide high-quality care, solutions, and signposting to support correct pathway access for severe and enduring mental health conditions.
• Deliver care within a strengths-based model, maintaining service users in their community environments.
• Act as an educator for service users and carers, advising on mental health issues to promote health and self-management.
• Respond swiftly to urgent referrals with interventions to prevent or reduce admissions.
• Work closely with carers.
• Recognise and address racial, cultural, and sexual preferences, and health inequalities.
• Ensure records reflect service user needs accurately.
• Utilise team and community resources effectively.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using evidence-based tools and models.
• Work within the MDT framework, adhering to professional standards.
• Regularly review and update care plans to reflect current needs and preferences.
• Undertake risk assessments and share information appropriately.
• Ensure activity and contact records are promptly entered into RiO, meeting data quality standards.
• Provide care plans in line with national guidelines.

Leadership

• Participate in developing an effective team and fostering productive relationships.
• Promote integrated professional working internally and externally.
• Help develop a positive team culture and manage conflicts effectively.
• Engage in organizational working groups to improve service delivery, protocols, and guidelines.
• Participate in audits aligned with clinical governance.
• Share knowledge through literature and peer reviews.
• Address unprofessional practice issues.
• Mentor new staff and participate in performance reviews.
• Model positive professional behaviour.

Clinical Skills

• Understand relevant legislation.
• Engage in regular supervision.
• Follow NMC/HCPC codes of conduct.
• Maintain registration and professional membership.
• Administer medicines per policies.
• Act as a positive clinical role model.
• Respect service users' dignity, individuality, and well-being.
• Carry out full health checks and follow up as needed.
• Maintain and improve professional competence.
• Promote self-advocacy for service users and carers.

Communication

• Communicate effectively regarding assessments, care plans, risk factors, and deterioration signs.
• Handle sensitive information professionally.
• Respond supportively to emergencies.

Training

• Mentor students and promote high standards of care.
• Support ongoing professional development.
• Plan and participate in mandatory training and workshops.
• Undertake appraisals and develop personal development plans.
• Support new staff integration.
• Contribute to training and policy implementation.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in community teams preferred.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist (diploma or degree).
• MELPS qualification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, to check for any criminal convictions.