Community Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 17 November 2025
Job summary
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Calling all Community Psychiatric Nurses & Occupational Therapists, why not kick start your career in Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, working in our friendly Mental Health Together Team located in Maidstone.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurses and an Occupational Therapist to contribute to the development of mental health services. The post is suitable for registered Nurses and Occupational Therapists, with at least 2 years post qualification experience.
You will need to have demonstrated skills and expertise in carrying out a variety of assessments and be able to plan and execute interventions, with individuals, their carers and groups. You will need to be clinically confident and competent in working with individuals in a community setting and be able to work effectively in a multi-professional context. You should have collaborative and enthusiastic styles, as well as have a passion and commitment to develop and promote mental health services.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of risk and need.
- Work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
- Monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
- Act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: 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. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Details
Date posted
03 November 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-WK0327
Job locations
Albion Place, Maidstone (Mental Health Together Team)
23 - 29 Albion Place
Maidstone
ME14 5DY
Employer details
Employer name
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Albion Place, Maidstone (Mental Health Together Team)
23 - 29 Albion Place
Maidstone
ME14 5DY
Employer's website
https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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