A Vacancy at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
The Community Rehabilitation Service provides a flexible range of mental health interventions to help clients with complex mental health needs manage their mental health more effectively and remain in their own homes. The team works in close partnership with Social Care and housing providers to ensure each client has the necessary resources available to enable them to engage in their rehab journey. Across the Community Rehabilitation teams, the clinical team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, and VCSE Workers.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Community Psychiatric Nurse to work within our new West Kent Community Rehabilitation Service.
Individuals will be expected to ensure the team is able to provide input between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00 according to the needs of the service, including working some evenings, weekends, and public holidays.
Responsibilities include:
1. To undertake specialist assessments and identify rehabilitation goals with clients who have a range of complex mental health needs.
2. To manage and, where appropriate, care coordinate a defined caseload of clients within the community setting who have identified rehabilitation and recovery needs as a result of mental health issues, using evidence-based, client-centered, hope and recovery, health promotion, relapse prevention, and orientated principles and practice in a socially inclusive manner.
3. To assist in identifying, developing, and providing the rehabilitation contribution across the service lines in accordance with the needs of the service users and the requirements of the service.
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).
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Mar 2025.
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