Job summary
The successful candidate will need to have relevant skills and expertise to carry out a variety of mental health needs assessments plus be able to plan and deliver interventions, both with individuals, their carers and groups.
You will need to be clinically confident and competent in working with individuals in community settings from an older adult population and be able to work effectively in a multi-professional context.
You should have collaborative and enthusiastic styles as well as a passion and commitment to developing and promoting service provisions for older adults with mental health and dementia related needs.
Main duties of the job
The post requires that you are a good communicator and are able to adopt a flexible, adaptable and proactive approach to your work. You will be experienced in service development and have a keen interest in developing and shaping the Memory Assessment Service within West Kent.
As well as providing specialist assessment and treatment within the Memory Assessment Service you will be taking a lead role in the memory clinic providing initial assessments, pre and post diagnostic support and treatment for people being diagnosed with dementia.
You will benefit from encouragement to continue to develop your own specialist skills, knowledge and competence through participation, reflection, supervision and training and your development will be guided using the trust's appraisal process.
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 3,700 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification and current registration - RMN/OT
- MELPS (Mentoring and Enabling in a clinical setting)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience and 3 years in community setting
- Previous Experience of working in community setting with older adults
- Offering Support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
- Offering organic assessments to client groups
Desirable
- Experience of forensic cases
- Previous experience of service development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of recovery model
- Knowledge of social inclusion, especially in adults 65 years and above
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Knowledge of memory pathway
Desirable
- An awareness of NHS plan, NSF and Clinical Governance Priorities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Baytree House, Maidstone and Highlands House, Tunbridge Wells
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
ME16 9PH