Job summary
- Main area
- East Kent Directorate
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 380-EK159-A
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Laurel House, Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Peer Supported Open Dialogue Practitioner
Band 6
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. 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.
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Open Dialogue Practitioner to facilitate the on-going development of the Peer Supported Open Dialogue service (POD) within KMPT, the only stand-alone NHS Open Dialogue service in the UK.
Within this position, you will participate in promoting POD and co-facilitate training sessions for others. Your responsibilities will involve working alongside pod-trained staff and trainees, supporting service users and their social networks from crisis to recovery, and integrating this new care model throughout KMPT.
Main duties of the job
You will be a trained and registered mental health worker (nurse, OT, therapist) who is currently trained in, or participating in open dialogue training. This OD training must be recognised by KMPT. You will have a minimum of 2 years post-registration experience or have experience in working within an Open Dialogue team, working alongside service users and their social networks in crisis, as well as understanding the importance of peer-supported work. You will ideally have experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others. Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations. Awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness patient safety and patient experience.
You will be willing to co-facilitate training of POD
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
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Professional reg
Essential criteria
- 1.5- 2 years post reg experience
- RN (MH), OT or therapist MH
- Worked with Mental Health Services
Desirable criteria
- Mentor to students
Facilitating learning
Essential criteria
- Has experience of teaching/ training / mentoring
Desirable criteria
- Has professional experience of presenting to others
- Has experience of developing research into practice
- Has experience of research
POD awareness
Essential criteria
- Trained in POD that is recognised by KMPT
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in POD
- Willing to be POD trained
- Awareness of POD and research in POD such as ODDESSI
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Hogwood
- Job title
- Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01227 812044
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