Staff Nurse - Inpatient Rehabilitation

Florin Chilian; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable health service provider in the UK is looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse to join their East Kent Community Rehabilitation Service. This role involves working in a supportive multidisciplinary team and providing exceptional care to individuals with complex mental health needs. Candidates should have experience in mental health nursing and a good understanding of medication management. Join a diverse and passionate team committed to delivering brilliant care.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of the Mental Health Act and clinical documentation.
• Experience in mental health nursing.
• Ability to support recovery-focused pathways.

Responsibilities

• Manage shifts and coordinate junior staff workloads.
• Administer and dispense medication.
• Deliver effective and quality care to patients.
• Engage in supervision and training.

Skills

Mental health assessment skills

Medication management

Coordinating care plans

Interpersonal communication

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 the village of Eastry near Sandwich and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides 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.

About the service

The multidisciplinary team provides a wide range of individualised interventions delivered by nursing, medical, psychological, occupational therapy and peer support clinicians. As a Staff Nurse, you would be the named nurse for a small caseload of clients and be expected to coordinate a recovery-focused, individualised plan of care; in addition to supporting the service users through the rehabilitation pathway.

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.
• Administer and dispense medication (medication management).
• Champion recovery-oriented 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.
• Engage in supervision, training and regular appraisal, and support named staff with supervision and appraisal as appropriate.
• Work as part of the MDT on the Unit and demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have a good knowledge of physical health monitoring and documentation.

Qualifications and requirements

• Good understanding of the Mental Health Act, safeguarding frameworks and clinical documentation.
• Experience in mental health nursing and medication management.
• Ability to coordinate care plans and support recovery-focused pathways.

About KMPT and what we offer

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 employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and serve a 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 commitment

Our strategy is to deliver brilliant care through brilliant people, with a vision to 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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