Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

The North East Kent Home Treatment Team is looking for a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community. You will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers, and other professionals, offering home treatment interventions as an alternative to hospital admission across the areas of Canterbury, Coastal and Thanet.

(working across 24 hr shift patterns including early, late, and night shifts)

• Assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.
• Work as a member of the Home Treatment Team and Rapid Response team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and supporting their families using evidence-based, profession-specific, and general mental health knowledge, and applying client‑centred, recovery‑oriented principles and practice for individuals, families, and carers referred to the Service.
• Carried out assessments with the Rapid response team, both emergency assessments and gate‑keepings for patients who require a 4‑hour emergency response.
• Work in accordance with the Trust and Home Treatment Team and Rapid Response Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach.

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.