Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview
The purpose of the Rapid Transfer Dementia Service is to respond to people who have dementia, symptoms of dementia, cognitive impairment or delirium who are experiencing and escalation of those symptoms or a degree of crisis, and who may require physical, mental or social health
intervention.
The service will deliver specialist assessment, treatment and intensive support to support the transition between care and nursing homes.
Please ensure you have spoken to your line manager before applying, so that you have permission to do this secondment
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you
have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

• Ability to work flexibly and creatively, planning and problem solving to meet the individual needs
  • Ability to communicate with sensitivity, tact and persuasion and able to communicate where there are barriers to understanding.
  • To make judgements involving a range of facts, in situations which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.
  • Ability to work alone using initiative and co-operation as part of a team
  • Professional credibility.
  • Knowledge of dementia, cognitive impairment, the impact of diagnosis and treatment options.
  • Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience within a Community or Inpatient Service for Older People with Mental Health
  Needs.
  • Experience of working with people living with dementia/cognitive impairment.
  • Experience of working liaising with a variety of stakeholders involved in clinical care.
  • To be able to assess the care needs of the Service Users and carers.

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To be able to plan, deliver and review patient care using
• To be able to offer clinical advice to Service Users and carers.
• To undertake risk assessments in relation to vulnerable service users providing detailed advice regarding risk management plans.
• The need to discuss care issues that service users, carers or family members may find distressing
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person specification

band 6 post

Essential criteria

• 2 years experience as a qualified practitioner
• experience working with people living with dementia
• having a full driving licence and able to drive round East Kent
• Good communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of care planning, risk assessment

Desirable criteria

• having confidence to work with families through triangle of care
• To have completed practice assessors course
• To contribute to quality improvement
• Being able to work independently and complete reviews of patients

face to face interview

Essential criteria

• 2 years experience as a qualified practitioner
• Experience working with patients living with dementia, with complex needs
• Understanding of triangle of care
• have a full driving licence and able to drive round East Kent
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent understanding of risk
• Being able to develop care plans for complex patients on the case load

Desirable criteria

• have a practice assessors course to have students
• being able to report incidents effectively
• To contribute to quality improvement

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

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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