Bank MH Practitioner Kent Prisons
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,405.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £41405.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sheppey, ME12 4AX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0747 |
Summary
To 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 group-work facilitation managing a mixed and challenging caseload Key Principles of the health and wellbeing model for Prison Service: Service user focus with health promotion at the heart of our care Putting the right staff in the right place at the right time specialist posts to ensure that experience is on hand to lead and support service users by employing specialist practitioners in neurodevelopmental long-term conditions, older adults, complex case practitioners and discharge coordinators. Designing and delivering healthcare for the unique needs of each prison setting. Being highly supportive of clinical and prison staff with training and support enabling the team to work smarter and as part of an effective MDT. 3. Key Task and Responsibilities To perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to service users with mental health and neurodevelopmental and trauma needs. Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets. Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison. Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all service users where necessary. To provide comprehensive and timely reports and mental health expertise to multi agency public protection panels (MAPPA), police, probation services, solicitors and court liaison teams as directed. Deliver active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required. To receive supervision as directed (line management and clinical).