Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the Maidstone Early Intervention in Psychosis Mental Health service (EIP).

We're looking for 2 band 6 community mental health nurses to work with clients with first episode psychosis with complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

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 risk and co-ordinating treatment plans.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop organisational skills and clinical confidence.

As a band 6 clinician you will be working autonomously but you will have access to the support of admin, mental health support workers, psychologists, consultant psychiatrists in addition to our nursing and occupational therapy staff.

We work very closely as a team providing plenty of opportunity to discuss clinical cases and risk.

To provide assessment of service users, analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs.
To 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 while balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
To monitor evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience
To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards.

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.

Good IT skills
Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner
Organisational skills
Experience of and passion for working with people with psychosis with complex needs.
Knowledge and/or experience of common mental health conditions
Motivation to achieve high quality care and good team work

Please see job description for full details.