Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Florin Chilian; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner in Maidstone. This role involves delivering high-quality mental health care, working autonomously, and offering leadership to junior practitioners. The position offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years post-registration experience in mental health.
• 2 years' experience in secondary care community mental health.
• Experience supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality mental health care in primary care settings.
• Supervise band 6 Mental Health Practitioners.
• Bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health services.

Skills

Communication

Assessment Skills

Leadership

Education

Degree in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent healthcare profession

State registration with HCPC or NMC

Job description

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Job Summary

Are you an experienced mental health professional who enjoys working autonomously? Then we have an exciting role available in the Maidstone area which works to bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health services by delivering high quality Mental Health care in Primary Care settings and ensuring peoples needs are met in a timely way.

Job Summary

Are you an experienced mental health professional who enjoys working autonomously? Then we have an exciting role available in the Maidstone area which works to bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health services by delivering high quality Mental Health care in Primary Care settings and ensuring peoples needs are met in a timely way.

A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential to this role due to the service requirements of working across multiple sites.

Main duties of the job

The role requires a highly competent, proficient practitioner, who is able to work autonomously and creatively in this busy demanding role. Excellent assessment skills and knowledge of local services are essential to this role. Experience of being in a leadership role is valuable. You will also be providing supervision to the band 6 Mental Health Practitioners across the locality.

Successful candidates must be experienced Mental Health Practitioners and have experience of working in a Primary Care and/or Community Mental Health Team setting. Roles are open to all professions. You will be a confident assertive communicator with colleagues and stakeholders alike.

Above all you will have the ambition and drive needed to work within an environment of change and innovation.

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 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.

Our strategy 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. Check out our recruitment videosRecruitment - YouTube

Details

Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-WK0249-A

Job locations

The Ridge

Bearsted Medical Practice

Maidstone

ME14 4DS

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

At KMPT, 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.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

At KMPT, 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

Essential

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Mental Health Nursing or other relevant healthcare profession
• State registration with the HCPC, Social Work Council or NMC
  
  

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 4 years post registration experience in mental health with at least 2 years' experience of working within secondary care community mental health
• Experience of working collaboratively with other organisations
• Experience of supervising junior staff and students
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working in primary care
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
• An advanced understanding of mental health problems and treatment options/models that can be used to assist recovery
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of Quality Improvement Programme
  
  

Skills

Essential

• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, cares/ families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
  
  

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Good organisational skills
• Able to work flexibly and cooperatively as part of a team
  
  

Essential

Other requirements

• Able to travel independently and in a timely manner across the Primary Care Network Area in accordance with Trust policies and service need
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Able to travel independently and in a timely manner across the Primary Care Network Area in accordance with Trust policies and service need
  
  

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

The Ridge

Bearsted Medical Practice

Maidstone

ME14 4DS

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

The Ridge

Bearsted Medical Practice

Maidstone

ME14 4DS

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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