Community Psychiatric Nurse

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust; Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Tunbridge Wells is seeking a qualified nurse to join their SWK MHT+ team. The role includes delivering assessments, supporting team members, and ensuring effective clinical care. Candidates must have NMC registration, knowledge of care legislation, and experience working with older adults. A valid UK driving licence is required due to travel between clinics.

Qualifications

• Must hold NMC registration and relevant qualifications.
• Evidence of continuing professional development is required.
• Experience working with older adults is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessments in various clinic settings.
• Support new team members and facilitate their development.
• Document interventions per professional standards.
• Assess and report safeguarding concerns.

Skills

Knowledge of care legislation

Risk assessment

Medication competencies

Supportive clinical environment

Education

NMC registration

Practice Assessor qualification

Job description

Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.

We are seeking a qualified nurse to come and work in the SWK MHT+ team. If you are interested in older adults as well as in working age adults and keen to develop your expertise in initial assessments and therapeutic interventions, this is the role for you!

Successful applicants will be working in our combined memory clinics alongside the multi-disciplinary team, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, an operational team manager, clinical lead and administrators.

The service is based in Tunbridge Wells but operates clinics in Sevenoaks too, so please note there may be an expectation to travel between sites as part of this role.

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

• Deliver assessments, in a combined clinic setting, as home visits and in care homes where appropriate.
• Act as a role model and support new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
• Facilitate, support and assess staff undergoing personal and/or professional development.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training for the role.
• Recording and documenting interventions delivered in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using KMPT systems.
• Coordinate and make recommendations to the care plan process.
• Act as Practice Assessor.
• Assess, act on and report any safeguarding concerns.

About us

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.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

• NMC registration and qualification
• Practice Assessor
• Completed Edward Jenner Programme
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge and Skills

• Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
• Comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management
• Pass medication and physical health competencies
• Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation

Experience

• Significant experience at Band 5
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Experience of working with older adults

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.