Staff Nurse - Inpatient Rehabilitation

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Eastry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse to join their East Kent Community Rehabilitation Service at Rivendell in Eastry. The ideal candidate will manage shifts, coordinate junior staff, and provide quality care in a rehabilitation setting. Strong communication skills and a good understanding of mental health frameworks are essential. Full-time, 24/7 shift work involved.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Safeguarding frameworks and clinical documentation.
• Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good knowledge of physical health monitoring and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the shift when on duty and coordinate the workload for junior staff.
• Administer and dispense medication, following Health and Safety protocols.
• Champion recovery-oriented practice and facilitate the therapeutic intervention programme.

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse within the East Kent Community Rehabilitation Service, at Rivendell. Rivendell is situated in Eastry near Sandwich and is one of six Rehabilitation Units across Kent, providing specialist inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health needs. The unit comprises 8 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Work across a 24 hour shift pattern, 7 days a week.
• Manage the shift when on duty and coordinate the workload for junior staff; delegation.
• Have a good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Safeguarding frameworks and clinical documentation.
• Administer and dispense medication (medication management).
• Champion recovery orientated practice, to include group work, contribute to and facilitate the therapeutic intervention programme.
• Follow Health and Safety protocols and policies.
• Risk Management and patient safety.
• Deliver effective and quality care alongside patients.
• Keep up to date with mandatory and CPD requirements (Trust Policy/NMC Revalidation).
• Demonstrate good mental health assessment and intervention skills.
• There is a strong commitment to supervision, training and regular appraisal, which you will receive and deliver to named staff.
• Work as part of the MDT on the Unit.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have a good knowledge of physical health monitoring and documentation.

About KMPT and working with us

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. 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 strategy and mission

Our strategy 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mel Kasap, Job title: Unit Manager, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]