Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established community mental health team for older people. The independent prescriber role is a new post within the team, so the successful candidate will be encouraged to work alongside medics and other leaders to develop the post and share ideas on how it is structured.
The team includes experienced Consultant Psychiatrists, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) and other Independent Prescribers. The successful candidate will have clinical supervision and support to embed themselves into the team and build confidence in the role.
We welcome staff who share our ethos of providing high quality mental health care to our patients and their carers, whilst also taking care of each other.
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Responsibilities
* Work in clinic to review patients and their current treatment and to prescribe medication within the scope of practice.
* May also involve visiting people in their own homes or in care homes to carry out medical reviews.
* Work alongside the Medical Team including Consultant Psychiatrist and Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
* Take a leadership role and work closely with other leaders in the team to develop quality improvement and to deliver training and advice to other clinicians within the team.
Qualifications
* Qualified Independent Prescriber with experience of working in Community Health services for Older People.
* The post may include a role across locality; the base is Coleman House in Dover, with travel to Folkestone and Deal.
* 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.
Location and Team
The post will involve working at Coleman House in Dover and across locality, including Folkestone and Deal. The team includes Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support workers and admin staff.
About KMPT and Diversity
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 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
We are joining friendly, passionate colleagues 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 is recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
How to apply
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Harriet Powolny-Tallent Job title: Service Manager
Email: harriet.powolny-tallent@nhs.net
Telephone: 07717513381
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