About this role
Job summary
Join our well established Liaison Psychiatry team, who are diligent in creating effective care plans and comprehensive clinical strategies focused on delivering exceptional care for people with acute mental health needs.
We welcome applications from highly motivated and experienced senior psychiatry practitioners who are capable of building and supporting teams of practitioners with effective decision making and communication skills. The ability to facilitate timely interventions and provide specialist assessment that will enhance the best outcome and recovery for adults (18years+) is vital in this role.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced /registered mental health Nurse or Occupational Therapist with post registration experience of working in mental health. You must have completed practice supervision, be educated to degree level and have or be working towards a level 7 Masters qualification.
In return, we offer our staff opportunities for continuous development through a wide range of training opportunities, both in-house training and access to external training where required.
**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role**
Main duties of the job
Accept referrals of patients aged eighteen years and over for assessment, treatment and coordination with other relevant services. Work in collaboration with all members of the Liaison Psychiatry Service and involved agencies. Maintain a clinical caseload of patients with co morbid physical and mental illness. Provide specialist clinical input, liaison, consultancy and education to colleagues. Develop and provide evidence-based treatment plans for identified patients, in collaboration with the patient and referrer. Formulate, implement and evaluate treatment programmes. Promote the well-being and mental health of people, by providing relevant information and advice to them, their families and supporting agencies. Provide advice and support on clinical management and assessment of risk. Provide advice on the management of patients subject to the MHA and MCA.
About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
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. 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 working well together.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
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 and Training Essential
Qualifications Mental Health Nurse, Occupational therapist and relevant HCPC/NMC registration Post-registration therapy qualification or wish and ability to work towards this Educated or working towards Masters degree level via specialist modules To have Undertaken Practice Assessor Training
Experience Essential
Previous experience as a senior clinician (band 6 or above) Working individually with people using a CBT or similar therapeutic approach Working in the community with people with mental health problems
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Sound knowledge of mental health problems particularly the impact of physical and mental illness on wellbeing Ability to develop and provide training packages Knowledge of relevant legislation
Additional requirement Essential
Ability to travel to different sites across the Trust in a timely manner Computer literate
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 and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Thanet
Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT9 4AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)