Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to deliver exceptional mental health care in the Maidstone area. The ideal candidate will work autonomously, supervise staff, and effectively bridge care services. Join a dedicated team committed to innovation and quality service in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Mental Health Practitioner with leadership experience.
• Competent in working autonomously.
• Driving license and access to a car essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality Mental Health care in Primary Care settings.
• Bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health services.
• Provide supervision to band 6 Mental Health Practitioners.

Skills

Autonomy

Assessment skills

Communication

Job description

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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.

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.

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 day

We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future

To 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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Hodge Job title: General Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07919298115

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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