Overview
Mental Health Together (MHT) is a multi-agency collaboration to deliver primary care services in SW Kent, aimed at promoting the meeting of all life domains that affect service users\' mental health. We are seeking an experienced nurse, OT, or Social Worker who will be responsible for ensuring safe and focused decision-making to determine the most appropriate clinical pathway for each referral arriving in SW Kent MHT. You will ensure that processes support timely assessment and treatment of referrals and efficient transition to MHT+ or other services when required.
Responsibilities
* Act as a senior decision-maker for patients referred to the Mental Health Together Service, ensuring the most appropriate onward pathways are identified and prompt assessment and interventions offered.
* Supervise practitioners in decision-making for the most complex and/or high-risk referrals.
* Offer expert advice and support to all professionals referring into the Mental Health Together service and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external partner agencies, including primary care, adult social care and the third sector.
* Work in collaboration with the Mental Health Together Team Manager to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery.
* Contribute to the transformation of community mental health services in line with the Trust\'s strategic objectives.
* Support decision-making at all stages of a person\'s journey through Mental Health Together and deputise for the Team Manager in their absence.
You will have a track record of effective networking and relationship building, as this will depend on the ability to work effectively with external partners who provide MHT assessment and intervention, MHT+ and specialist services in KMPT.
This role supports the Trust\'s strategy of patients receiving the right (evidence-based) treatment, at the right time and place. You will assess complex patients, who may present a high risk, and offer interventions when appropriate. You will have demonstrated an ability to identify clinical risk and triage/prioritise the allocation of clinical resources and have developed good leadership skills.
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 to 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 employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, serving diverse communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues who are committed to providing excellent care to service users and their loved ones. Our strategy is to deliver brilliant care through brilliant people and to provide outstanding care in partnership with the right people, in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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