Job summary
- Main area
- .Acute Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts will be 0730 – 2000hrs and 2000hrs – 0730hrs. These are spread over a 7 day week.)
- Job ref
- 380-AC0796
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Priority House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per anuum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Police Support Practitioner
Band 6
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
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Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist for this role with at least one years experience at Band 5 or Band 6.
You will provide a telephone advice service to police officers, speak to individuals who are with the police and distressed and consider the best way to support the individual at that particular time. The aim of the service is to avoid detaining an individual under S136 if an alternative service would provide a less restrictive option. You will be supported in your decision making by Band 7 clinicians who are available 24hrs
You will liaise with clinicians in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team, Community Mental Health Team, Single Point of Access team, Community Mental Health Older Adults team, Safe Haven team and Acute hospitals as well as the Police and will also be supported by a Band 4 Senior Support Worker who will manage the patient flow through the Places of Safety and support the phone lines.
You will liaise with the Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMPH) service.
Main duties of the job
The role provides the opportunity to use your clinical skills in a unique way. Duties will include:
- Communicating clearly over the telephone
- Liaising with partner agencies.
- Completing clear clinical records and maintaining clinical standards
- Supporting police officers in their decision making by providing them with clear and current information
- Completing audits as required
- Liaising with the Places of Safety and AMPH service to ensure assessments are completed in a timely manner
This is not an exhaustive list of duties as the service is currently forward planning.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- RMN or RNLD
- Practice Assessor
- Completed preceptorship
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Band 5 or Band 6
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Acute experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
- Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
- Comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management
- Competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
- Enhanced leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Arinze Okoli
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07860 342822
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