Lead Nurse - Mental Health Together

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization in Maidstone as a Lead Nurse in Mental Health. This exciting opportunity involves multi-agency collaboration to enhance mental health services, focusing on leadership, education, and clinical governance. Enjoy competitive benefits, a supportive environment, and the chance to make a significant impact on patient care in your community.

Benefits

27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Access to NHS pension scheme

Eligibility for Blue Light Card discounts

Flexible working options

Generous relocation package

Qualifications

• Proven ability to identify and utilize staff strengths.
• Experience in nurse leadership and team development.
• Understanding of clinical governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of nursing team for high-quality service delivery.
• Workforce planning and recruitment.
• Clinical assessment and evidence-based interventions.

Skills

Team Leadership

Clinical Governance

Communication

Training and Education

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

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Lead Nurse - Mental Health Together, Maidstone

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Client:

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Location:

Maidstone, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job overview

Do you want to be part of something new and exciting, a person-centred mental health revolution?

Together, we're stronger. Join the multi-agency drive for better mental health care .

Mental Health Together is a revolutionary initiative of multi-agency collaboration to deliver primary care services to the people of SWK Kent, that aims to promote the meeting of all life domains where that affect service users' mental health.

We seek a nurse leader with a proven ability to identify and utilise staff members' strengths delivering high-quality performance. The ideal candidate is anyone interested in further developing their nurse leadership skills and influencing how mental health services are delivered in South West Kent in this time of service transformation. You will be offered the support, coaching and training to excel in this role.

In this role, you will be responsible for the nursing team delivering high-quality, person-centred assessment and intervention. You will use the clinical governance framework to monitor that services provide good patient experience & address areas of concern. Continuous development of the nursing team by delivering training, education and supervision (ideally trauma-informed approach to your leadership), recognising achievements and building a strong team morale will be expected to achieve this goal.

Clinically, you will be involved in the assessment and intervention of a small number of cases.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Team leadership - recognising existing strengths in the team and utilising these. Maintaining morale and motivation. Development of team members to meet service needs and individual career goals. Training, education and supervision.
• Workforce planning - working closely with other senior colleagues to recruit, retain, nurture and develop the nursing team. Ensure student nurses receive good quality training experiences.
• Clinical governance - setting clinical standards and planning how they will be achieved. Monitoring compliance with these standards using data from a range of sources. Joint responsibility for achieving CQC standards.
• Collaborative working with partner agencies, community matrons and senior leaders. Co-production with service users and carers.
• Clinical assessment and offering short term, evidence based interventions.

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

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.

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

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

Benefits include:

• Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday’s.
• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
• Realistic flexible working options
• Excellent local schools and community amenities
• Generous relocation package available to eligible staff who need to move to take up post