Senior ARRS Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Are you an experienced mental health professional who enjoys working autonomously?
Then we have an exciting role available in the Sittingbourne PCN. The role helps to bridge the gap between Primary Care and specialist Mental Health services by delivering high quality Mental Health care in Primary Care settings and ensuring people's needs are met in a timely way.
There will be a requirement to travel between various GP surgeries in the locality, in a timely manner.

Main duties of the job
The role requires a highly competent, proficient practitioner, who is able to work autonomously and creatively in this busy and 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 band 6 Mental Health Practitioners across the locality if in place.
Successful candidates must be experienced Mental Health Practitioners and have experience of working in a Primary Care and/or Community Mental Health setting. Roles are open to all professions.
You will be a confident assertive communicator with colleagues and stakeholders alike.
The PCN is keen to have someone who is a prescriber however this is desirable and not essential. There will be opportunities for development.
Above all you will have the ambition and drive needed to work within an environment of change and innovation.

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.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
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).
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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Experience working in primary care

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Knowledge of Quality Improvement Programme

Skills

Essential criteria

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

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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