Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 10 September 2025
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to come and join our Mental Health Together + team based at Gregory House, St Martins Hospital in Canterbury.
The role will involve working within our Community Mental Health team, supporting all age adults with enduring mental health concerns. The RMN/Occupational Therapist is an experienced practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
Work effectively as a clinician in the Community Mental Health Teams for all ages and Older People, ensuring that patients referred for assessment experience a smooth pathway through the referral, diagnosis and treatment process.
Be effective within the duty team, answering phone calls and directing patients/carers/services to the appropriate outcomes required.
Be proactive in responding to urgent situations within the MDT.
Be able to undertake a clinical risk assessment and act accordingly to the presented risks.
Be able to manage highly stressful situations in an organised manner.
Contribute to the planning and implementation of interventions.
Monitor clients' progress, reporting on clients' psychological, physical, behavioural and social needs.
Adapt and evaluate interventions, ensuring that they support the client and his/her carer to meet their needs, adjusting own approach accordingly.
Be effective at care planning and liaising with other agencies to provide holistic and person centred care.
Be effective at time management and manage a case load.
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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
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.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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Details
Date posted
27 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
380-EK344
Job locations
Gregory House, St Martins Hospital, Canterbury
Littleborne Road
Canterbuy
CT1 1TD
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Gregory House, St Martins Hospital, Canterbury
Littleborne Road
Canterbuy
CT1 1TD
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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