Job 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.

The team also includes Nurses,  Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support workers and admin staff. We are a close team and very supportive of each other. 

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 for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a qualified Independent Prescriber with experience of working in  Community Health services for Older People.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Medical Team including Consultant Psychiatrist and Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

The role will involve working in clinic to review patients and their current treatment and to prescribe medication within the scope of practice.

The role may also involve visiting people in their own homes or in Care Homes to carry out medical reviews.

The post will include a leadership role and the candidate will work closely with other leaders in the team to develop quality improvement and to deliver training and advice to other clinicians within the team.

Please note that the base for this job is Coleman House in Dover, however will involve working across locality including Folkstone 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).

Working for our organisation

 We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

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