Clinical Specialist
2 weeks ago
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Professional to join Mental Health Together as part of the Community Mental Health Framework in Maidstone.
The role is to act as a senior decision-maker for patients referred to the Mental Health Together Service; ensuring the most appropriate onward pathways are identified and prompt assessment and interventions offered.
You will offer expert advice and support to all professionals referring into the Mental Health Together service and have excellent relationships with all internal and external partner agencies, including primary care, adult social care and the third sector.
Working in collaboration with the Mental Health Together Team Manager to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery.
You will contribute to the transformation of community mental health services in line with the Trust's strategic objectives.
The ideal applicant will have at least 2 years post qualification experience, with some experience of working in a community setting.
You will be based in Maidstone.
Main duties of the job
You will:
Be expected to support their team, department, Directorate and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work. Be responsible for providing clinical supervision to all Band 6 Nursing staff within the team, and lower grades where appropriate. provide specialist mental health advice and education to staff within the team. Facilitate clinical sessions offering short-term interventions based on psychological therapies and offer professional advice to client/patients and their carers, other professionals/partners. Lead on the setting, monitoring and maintaining quality standards of care and will advise the Service Manager and Matron on issues which compromise standards of practice within their specific area of practice. Be a Practice Assessor, Practice Supervisor, mentor, role model & coach adviser for student nurses, newly qualified & staff new to community working. Provide clinical leadership for the nurses in their specific area of practice, working with the Head of Nursing & Community Matrons to provide advice on all nursing issues and to act as a resource person for other professionals within the team. The post holder will identify & facilitate nurses to update their professional knowledge and skills. Hold responsibility for care within elements of a shared caseload of service users who are deemed complex. To act as a key link across the place-based system of mental health care.Please see job description for further information.
Working for our organisation
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
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