Current jobs related to Mental Health Practitioner - Kent - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
-
Mental Health Practitioner
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom NELFT North East London Foundation Trust Full timeJob summary Main area Community Mental Health - Primary Care Mental Health Sites across Kent and Medway including: Ashford, Dartford, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Thanet, Medway, South Kent Coast (Deal/Dover) Main duties of the job Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Job overview: These new positions are exciting and innovative...
-
Mental Health Practitioner
11 hours ago
Kent, United Kingdom Crooton Full timeAbout the RoleCrooton is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our team as a Band 6 Senior Practitioner - Mental Health Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment, providing specialist mental healthcare to offenders and leading the In-reach team at HMP Elmley and HMP...
-
Education Mental Health Practitioner
2 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeBexley Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is excited to announce that we are recruiting two Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioners to join our large team of practitioners, offering CBT informed early intervention to children, young people and families within a number of primary and secondary schools within the borough. Mental Health Support Teams are...
-
Mental Health Practitioner
6 days ago
Kent, United Kingdom NELFT North East London Foundation Trust Full timeAbout the RoleThis is an exciting opportunity to join NELFT North East London Foundation Trust as a Mental Health Practitioner in Primary Care. The successful candidate will be part of a team that provides mental health support to children and young people in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across Kent and Medway.Key ResponsibilitiesDeliver high-quality mental...
-
Advanced Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking to appoint a skilled and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to work in one of the four Primary Care Network (PCN) across Bromley. This is a role appointed under the Additional Roles scheme designed to work closely with general practice (GP’s, Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribers and other practice staff). This is a service that...
-
Advanced Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking to appoint a skilled and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to work in one of the four Primary Care Network (PCN) across Bromley. This is a role appointed under the Additional Roles scheme designed to work closely with general practice (GP’s, Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribers and other practice staff...). This is a service...
-
Volunteer Mental Health Advocate
1 day ago
Kent, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and empathetic individual to join our team as a Peer Support Volunteer. As a Peer Support Volunteer, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals who are experiencing mental health issues.Key Responsibilities:Provide emotional support and guidance to service users, helping them to navigate the challenges of...
-
Mental Health Support Specialist
1 day ago
Kent, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and empathetic individual to join our team as a Peer Support Volunteer. As a Peer Support Volunteer, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals who are experiencing mental health issues.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide emotional support and understanding to service users, acknowledging the challenges they face...
-
Mental Health Practitioner
5 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeTo provide specialist mental healthcare to offenders and to work as part of the Mental Health Team and wider mental health services. To deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level; to include - Referral management, screening assessment, triage, and evidence-based interventions - Care Planning and risk assessing -...
-
Mental Health Practitioner
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeTo provide specialist mental healthcare to service users and to work as part of the Mental Health In-Reach Team and wider MDT. To deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level; to include - Referral management, screening assessment, triage, and evidence-based interventions - Care Planning and risk assessing - One-to-one and...
-
Mental Health Specialist
7 days ago
Kent, United Kingdom Crooton Full timeAbout the RoleCrooton is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Specialist to join our team as a Senior Practitioner - Offender Healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic and forward-thinking organization, making a positive impact on the lives of offenders.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist mental healthcare to...
-
Mental Health Support Worker
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Claimont Health Full timeClaimont Health is hiring! Are you ready for a new and unique challenge where you are empowered to give your aspired level of person-centred care from beginning to end of the patient journey? Claimont Health is a CQC registered unique Mental Health service provider in the Private Sector, predominantly providing person centred, holistic services to clients...
-
Senior Practitioner
2 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full timeBexley Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is excited to announce that we are recruiting a Band 6 Senior Practitioner to join our large team of practitioners, offering CBT informed early intervention to children, young people and families within a number of primary and secondary schools within the borough. Mental Health Support Teams are part of a large scale...
-
Mental Health
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time**Fixed term**: 7 months Working Pattern will cover 8am-8pm 7 days per week on a rotation The role of the Mental Health Well-Being Practitioner as a member of the team is to provide supportive care to children, young people and their families who have attended the acute trust sites in Mental Health crisis. The successful clinicians will support the...
-
Agency Mental Health Nurse
4 weeks ago
Kent, United Kingdom Jane Lewis Healthcare Recruitment Full timeAgency Mental Health NursePay rate: starting from £23 hour, weekly payReference: RMN/ASHFORD/4Are you a dedicated Mental Health Nurse looking to make an impact on people's lives? We'd like you to join us at Jane Lewis as an Agency Mental Health Nurse in ASHFORD!We are offering an exciting opportunity to support a range of individuals with varying needs. You...
-
Agency Mental Health Nurse
4 weeks ago
Kent, United Kingdom Jane Lewis Healthcare Recruitment Full timeAgency Mental Health NursePay rate: starting from £23 hour, weekly payReference: RMN/ASHFORD/4Are you a dedicated Mental Health Nurse looking to make an impact on people's lives? We'd like you to join us at Jane Lewis as an Agency Mental Health Nurse in ASHFORD!We are offering an exciting opportunity to support a range of individuals with varying needs. You...
-
Mental Health Worker
2 days ago
Kent, United Kingdom Priory Group Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Care Assistant to join our team at Priory Group, a leading provider of healthcare services. As a Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to individuals with various needs, including learning disabilities, mental health conditions, and challenging behaviors.Key...
-
Support Worker
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Choice Support Full timeLocation Kent & Medway - Maidstone - Contract Permanent - Hours Full time/ Part time/ Casual - Salary £10.82 - Closes 31/07/23 We are looking for a support worker to join our already established team working in our forensic mental health accommodation service in Maidstone. **About the role**: We are a service with nine tenants, all living within their own...
-
Mental Health Navigator
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Shaw Trust Full time“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.” Purpose Shaw Trust is one of the strategic partners for the newly established Kent & Medway service, Mental Health Together (MHT); this is the transformedmulti-agency offer, which brings all...
-
Mental Health Navigator
3 months ago
Kent, United Kingdom Shaw Trust Full time“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.” Purpose Shaw Trust is one of the strategic partners for the newly established Kent & Medway service, Mental Health Together (MHT); this is the transformedmulti-agency offer, which brings all...
Mental Health Practitioner
2 months ago
Job summary
Are you ready tounlockyour potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want toescapeyour current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time tobreakintooffender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Mental Health Nurseto join our friendly team atHMP Swaleside.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
As part of ourmental health team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Practitioner you will be providing specialist mental healthcare to offenders and working as part of the Mental Health In-Reach Team, plus wider mental health services. You will be required to work in a psychologically minded way with offenders in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.
Our Mental Health Team provide specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level including; referral management, screening assessment, triage, evidence-based interventions, care planning and risk assessing, plus one-to-one and group-work facilitation.
Our Mental Health Practitioners manage a mixed and challenging caseload and are required to perform robust assessment, screening and interventions to offenders with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. You will contribute to alternatives to inpatient admission and assisting with early discharge through the implementation of high intensity interventions and complex case management arrangements.
One of our key aims is to ensure continuity of care for an offender on ordinary location and reduce the length of stay, both in relation to prison inpatient services and external NHS/independent in-patient services. You will work closely with community mental health teams to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach for all offenders as necessary.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Kent, South London, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
Our healthcare departments operate across six prisons in the Kent cluster each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:
HMP Swaleside - Cat B - Population = 1,112 HMP Elmley- Cat B/C - Population = 1,252 HMP Standford Hill - Cat D- Population = 450 HMP Maidstone - Cat C - Population = 600 HMP Rochester - Cat C - Population = 695 HMP East Sutton Park - Cat D Population = 90Our wider services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Job description
Job responsibilities
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited .
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( ).
To communicate effectively on a range of issues that are often complex in their nature and in complex situations.
Participate in the annual appraisal reviews and demonstrate reflective practice through the Knowledge and Skills Framework.
To maintain comprehensive and timely electronic clinical records ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
Provide supervision, mentorship & leadership for junior all necessary care in the working environment, adhering to relevant health and safety policies.
Participate and positively contribute to the services integrated clinical governance arrangements.
Carry out administrative tasks as directed including research, audit, data, and activity statistics.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
Professional Qualification. (Registered Mental Nurse) Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
Appropriate working experience post qualification as a psychiatric nurse Experience in prison or secure settings Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Desirable
Experience of working within secure & prison settings (desirable but not essential)
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
Clear understanding of CPA policy Clear understanding of Risk Assessment principles and procedures. Show a clear understanding of how to give and receive highly complex and sensitive material. Sound evidence based clinical knowledge of adult mental health treatments and support.
Effort and Environment
Essential
Ability to manage complex & challenging behaviour