Community Mental Health Nurse

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to join their dedicated team in Canterbury. This role offers the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population, providing essential care and support to individuals facing mental health challenges. The position emphasizes collaboration within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring that patients receive comprehensive, person-centred care. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this role is ideal for those passionate about making a difference in mental health services. Enjoy a rewarding career with generous benefits, including flexible working arrangements and a new starter bonus.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing programme

Flexible working arrangements

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts and shopping vouchers

New starter bonus

Pension contributions

Learning and development opportunities

Staff support services

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
• Experience in nursing various mental health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of patients with mental illness.
• Conduct comprehensive holistic assessments in partnership with patients.

Skills

Acute mental health care

Holistic assessments

Risk assessment and management

Knowledge of legislative frameworks

Person-centred care

Education

Registered Nurse (Mental Health) qualification

Job description

Employer Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Employer type NHS Site St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury Town Canterbury Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/05/2025 23:59

Community Mental Health Nurse

Band 5

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 ofongoing benefitsto 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

If you are energetic, motivated to try innovative ways of working within in a multi-disciplinary team and have clinical skills that encompass urgent mental health and home treatment interventions then please consider applying.

The North East Kent Home Treatment Team is looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their team.

The community mental health nurse will carry a defined caseload of patients who have memory impairment and/or functional mental ill health.

The community mental health nurse is a key member of the multidisciplinary team and will have a continuing responsibility to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.

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

To help manage a defined caseload of people who have functional and organic mental illness under supervision.

Carry out comprehensive holistic assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual and environmental factors, in partnership with the patient and others through interaction, observation and measurement.

Work collaboratively with other disciplines, patients and their carers to agree a holistic person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.

To deliver and evaluate safe, competent, person-centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.

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 main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A recognised professional qualification as a Registered Nurse (Mental Health) and NMC registration, or equivalent qualification for Occupational Therapy.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of acute mental health care.
• Experience of nursing a range of mental health conditions.
• Experience of individual & group work

Skills

• The ability to travel across a large geographical area 24 hours a day.
• knowledge of current best practice in providing holistic interventions to people experiencing acute episode of mental ill health.
• knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
• A robust understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
• Understanding of the impact of acute episode of mental illness on function and occupation of clients, family and carers.

Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.

27 days for full time or pro rata if part time

After 5 years NHS service

29 days full time or pro rata if part time

After 10 years NHS service

33 days full time or pro rata if part time

Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!

Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.

Recommend a friend campaign

If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,

Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.

Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave

Dependant on length of NHS service

Other paid/unpaid leave

This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.

Non paid leave for career breaks

Staff Support

KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.

NHS discounts and shopping vouchers

Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.

Learning and Development opportunities

In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.

Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).

The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.

The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.

New starter bonus

At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.

Staff Network Forums

A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!

Probation Period . New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter

KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALL be ourselves.

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.