Mental Health Practitioner - Duty Worker | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Gillingham, ME7 1AL |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6196276/380-NK010-E |
Summary
The Medway Community Mental Health Teamin Gillingham is seeking aMental Health Practitioner - Duty Worker (Band 6)with a background inRegistered Mental Health Nursing.
Qualifications:
• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Post-qualification experience in community or urgent care mental health
• Continuing professional development evidence
• Experience working in a community setting (desirable)
Job Description:
• Provide mental health assessments, advice, and support
• Work within a developing service environment
• Receive extensive training and professional development opportunities
Benefits:
• 27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays (full-time)
• NHS pension scheme
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card
This is a great opportunity to:
• Launch your career in the NHS
• Work in a supportive and growing team
• Gain valuable experience and training
If you are interested, please apply now!
Summary of the Duty Worker role in mental health:Responsibilities:
• Provide advice and support to:• Known service users: Individuals who have previously accessed the mental health service.
• New service users: Individuals seeking help for the first time.
• Other professionals: Offering guidance and information to healthcare professionals encountering mental health situations.
• Conduct urgent assessments for individuals needing immediate support.
Key points:
• No caseload management: The duty worker is not responsible for ongoing care of individual clients.
• Focus on severe and enduring mental illness: Serves individuals with conditions requiring specialized care.
• Collaborative approach: Works within a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with various mental health specialists, primary care providers, and community agencies.
• Required skills:• Strong initiative and self-motivation.
• Excellent teamwork and communication abilities.
• Knowledge of advanced nursing interventions and community assessment skills.
• Willingness to undergo relevant training.
Overall, the Duty Worker role plays a crucial role in providing initial support, assessment, and referral for individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges.
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.
Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments that take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service users and others through interaction, observation, and measurement.
Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user, and their carers to agree on a holistic person-centered care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
To act as a clinical leader supporting best practices in line with NICE guidance.
To facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and in responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024
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