Occupational Therapist / Community Psychiatric Nurse

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the Dover and Deal Community Mental Health service for Older People (CMHSOP).

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist to work with clients who have reached older age and are experiencing mental health difficulties such as depression, psychosis and complex emotional needs. You would also work in our memory assessment service and offer specialist interventions for people with a diagnosis of dementia that have complex needs.

Your role within the team would be varied allowing plenty of opportunity to both demonstrate and develop your skills as well as offering a dynamic working life. You will have a caseload of clients which would involve monitoring and assessment of mental health, risk and co-ordinating treatment plans. This also involves providing support to carers and loved ones. You will additionally be involved in cognitive assessments and supporting the team's duty system, as required.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop organisational skills and clinical confidence. As a band 6 clinician you will be able to work autonomously and in collaboration with administrators, mental health support workers, consultant psychiatrists, psychology, nursing and occupational therapy staff. We work very closely as a team providing plenty of opportunity to discuss clinical cases and risk.

Main duties of the job

Conducting initial assessments of people with memory and mental health needs
Being part of the Duty team
Managing a caseload of clients
profession specific interventions, which may include group work
Being part of team meetings and MDT discussions
Supporting and being a role model for junior colleagues
Supervision of a junior colleague
Taking on a lead role in the team

About us

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.

Date posted

15 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

380-OP0063-A

Job locations

Coleman House

Brookfield Avenue

Dover

CT16 2AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

Good IT skills
Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner
Organisational skills
Experience of and passion for working with people with Dementia
Knowledge and/or experience of common mental health conditions
Motivation to achieve high quality care and good team work
ability to use professional skills at a senior level

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

Good IT skills
Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner
Organisational skills
Experience of and passion for working with people with Dementia
Knowledge and/or experience of common mental health conditions
Motivation to achieve high quality care and good team work
ability to use professional skills at a senior level

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant formal Vocational qualification e.g. First level nursing registration RMN

Desirable

Minimum of 6 months post registration experience

Skills

Essential

Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner

Desirable

Good IT skills

Experience

Essential

Experience in or knowledge around mental illness and Dementia

Desirable

Experience of caseload management or being named professional

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant formal Vocational qualification e.g. First level nursing registration RMN

Desirable

Minimum of 6 months post registration experience

Skills

Essential

Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner

Desirable

Good IT skills

Experience

Essential

Experience in or knowledge around mental illness and Dementia

Desirable

Experience of caseload management or being named professional

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.