Mental Health Practitioner

Are you looking for a meaningful new challenge in mental health care? We are looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist to join our innovative team and help us shape the future of mental health services. As a Registered Mental Health Practitioner, you will

• Assess, plan, and deliver care using the Open Dialogue approach. This involves working with individuals and their family or social networks to co-produce care through network meetings, ensuring shared decision-making.
• You will contribute to the development and implementation of Open Dialogue across the Trust, supporting research, training, and service transformation aligned with the Community Mental Health Framework.
• You will also support colleagues, supervise staff and students, and promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
The role includes clinical leadership responsibilities as Lead Health Care Professional, maintaining accurate records, coordinating care, and ensuring compliance with governance, safeguarding, and Care Act 2014 requirements. If you are seeking a new challenge and are interested in becoming part of this forward-thinking and innovative Trust, then we want to talk to you.,
• 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).
• The post will cover Kent and Medway and out-of-area Kent and Medway patients; it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner.
• To deliver person-centred mental health care using the Open Dialogue model with service users and their social networks, with service users who would normally receive treatment from Home Treatment Teams (HTT) and Mental Health Together+ (MHT+)
• The postholder will contribute to service development, support organisational transformation, and ensure safe, effective, and compliant practice
The role focuses on collaborative, network-based care that promotes recovery, inclusion, and wellbeing.

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. 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 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. 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 working well together.