Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking a qualified Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to work within a diverse team, providing specialist mental health care. In this role, you will deliver clinical care to patients with complex needs, supported by ongoing training. We prioritize professional development and offer a supportive work environment that values teamwork and compassion, serving a diverse population in the Garden of England.

Qualifications

• NMC registered with qualifications in mental health nursing.
• Experience at Band 5 with evidence of continuous professional development.
• Understanding of Mental Capacity Act and NMC Code of Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions to promote recovery and assess client's needs.
• Supervise staff and ensure compliance with NMC standards.
• Record and report accurately on patient behavior and risks.

Skills

Communication

Risk assessment

Clinical governance

Planning and decision making

IT skills

Education

NMC registration

Qualified in mental health or learning disability nursing

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 26 June 2025

Are you looking to work in an intervention led service to promote recovery in Mental Health?

South West Kent MHT is a diverse multi-cultural team that is looking to recruit a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse. The successful applicant is to work within the team, providing specialist mental health care for people with multiple and complex needs by offering interventions that promote recovery

If you are interested in developing your skills and delivering clinical care for people with complex emotional difficulties, depression, psychosis and other mental health presentations we are the team for you.

Full training and support will be provided to ensure that you have the skills and confidence to deliver.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a Practice Assessor.
• To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
• To adhere to KMPTs policies, procedures and guidelines.
• To support and behave in a way that upholds KMPT Trust values.
• To assess, act on and report any safeguarding concerns.
• To optimise health and wellbeing; promoting self -care where possible, helping people to make choices about their needs and involve their carers where appropriate.
• You may be required to carry out specific duties relevant to the setting of community care.
• To provide interventions to promote recovery.
• To assess risk and identify client's needs.
• To join work with other agencies involved in the client's care.
• Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patient's current behaviour and risks
• Recording care given in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using approved KMPT systems.
• To supervise a range of other staff and their activities as delegated.
• Acting as a role model and supporting new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training to role

About us

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

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.

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.

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).

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

• NMC registered
• Qualified in mental health or learning disability nursing
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Experience at Band 5.
• Evidence of post qualifying continued learning.
• Experience of working within the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

• 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
• A comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
• To be competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
• Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.
• Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.
• Good knowledge and practice of IT skills.
• Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust