Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Job Description: Community Mental Health Practitioner
About the Role
We are seeking a Community Mental Health Practitioner who is a key clinical leader within the multidisciplinary care team. This role will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change, and promote health and best practice, patient safety, and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing and operationally accountable to the Service Manager/Matron.
- Work competently in a challenging environment, reacting to changing care demands while demonstrating the highest levels of care and empathy towards patients.
- Conduct comprehensive, systematic assessments considering mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors.
- Collaborate with other disciplines, service users, and carers to agree on a holistic person-centred care plan.
- Deliver and evaluate safe, person-centred care in partnership with service users and their carers to support recovery.
- Act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance.
- Facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.
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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.
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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
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
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.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Amber Duffy
- Job Title: Acting Operational Leader
- Email Address: amber.duffy@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07972843923
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