Job summary
- Main area
- ARRS Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 380-WK0376
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tunbridge Wells PCN
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
ARRS Mental Health 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
This exciting and innovative position will provide mental health support to Tunbridge Wells Primary Care Network (PCN) in Kent.
We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner: Nurses/Social Workers/Occupational Therapists to work in Tunbridge Wells PCN as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).
It is an exciting time to join services in Kent as we are transforming community Mental Health services and these roles are the building blocks for those developments. You will primarily work in the PCN as a member of the integrated teams in GP surgeries.
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).
Main duties of the job
The practitioner will be embedded as part of the PCN Multi-Disciplinary Team. Working alongside the other roles, you will have close links with the community mental health Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). The practitioner can access and draw on secondary mental health services and help provide a “bridge” between primary care and secondary mental health providers by delivering high quality mental health care in Primary Care Settings.
The role requires a highly competent, proficient practitioner, who is able to work autonomously & creatively in this busy, demanding role. Excellent assessment skills and knowledge of local resources are essential to this role, as it is the gatekeeper and guardian for referral to secondary care services.
We are seeking experienced Mental Health Practitioners who can come and make a difference. Providing high quality interventions in our new primary care integrated mental health service, you will be an important member of our primary care team.
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 see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification:
Skills
Essential criteria
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities
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
- Sarah Hodge
- Job title
- West Kent General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919298115
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