Deputy Manager | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Dover; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Dover is seeking a Deputy Unit Manager for their mental health rehabilitation service. The ideal candidate will be a registered mental health nurse with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, responsible for supporting the Unit Manager, coordinating assessments, and delivering high-quality patient care. This is a 12-month secondment focused on professional development and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Motivated and committed to improving lives of individuals with mental health needs.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Unit Manager in day-to-day operations.
• Coordinate comprehensive assessments of service users.
• Act as Clinical Lead supporting best practices.
• Facilitate training and supervision for Band 5 Nurses.

Skills

Enthusiastic leadership

Excellent interpersonal skills

Clinical competencies

Experience with psychiatric rehabilitation

Ability to manage and supervise staff

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the East Kent Community Rehabilitation Service at Rivendell.

The team require Deputy Unit Manager and the successful candidate should be an enthusiastic and motivated registered mental health nurse with sound knowledge and skills to take on this challenging but rewarding role.

This is a 12 month secondment so would be an ideal opportunity for an individual wanting to develop their leadership skills.

Rivendell is situated in Eastry, near Sandwich and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides specialist inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health and psychological needs. The unit comprises of 10 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hour a day, 7 days a week.

The multidisciplinary team provides a wide range of individualized interventions delivered by nursing, medical, psychological, occupational therapy and peer support clinicians.

You will also have excellent interpersonal skills to manage and supervise staff effectively.

You will be working with a wide range of experienced and friendly professionals providing high quality care with compassion.

We believe in clinically led, management supported services and want to strengthen nurse leadership to provide safe, compassionate, creative services which really make a difference to patient lives.

Responsibilities

• The Deputy Manager will provide day to day support to the Unit Manager, to carry out appropriate delegated tasks.
• To act up in the Unit Manager’s absence.
• The Deputy Manager will be responsible for coordinating the comprehensive assessment of service users.
• Screening referrals and completing assessments.
• Medication Competencies.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective delivery of the Rehabilitation Therapeutic Intervention programme.
• The successful candidate will also act as a Clinical Lead supporting best practice in line with NMC, NICE guidance and Trust Policy.
• Facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.
• Lead on Quality Clinical documentation; CliQ checks.
• There is a strong commitment to supervision, training and regular appraisal, which you will receive and deliver to the Band 5 Nurses.
• Risk management, to include InPhase and Risk Register
• E-Roster
• Facilitation of meetings; client reviews, staff meetings, training.
• Coaching, role modelling and mentoring staff and students

Requirements/Qualifications

If you are motivated, committed and enthusiastic about improving the lives of people with complex mental heath needs, have a progressive approach leadership and are looking for variety and a challenge in your day to day work we would be interested in hearing from you.

Please see job description for full details.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025