Staff Nurse | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Ramsgate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Ramsgate seeks a dedicated Band 5 Staff Nurse. You will coordinate care for patients, manage shifts, and contribute to a multidisciplinary team providing mental health rehabilitation. Candidates should have a registered nurse qualification and strong skills in mental health assessment and medication management. This role offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diverse workplace

Qualifications

• Must have a good understanding of the Mental Health Act and Safeguarding frameworks.
• Experience in administering medication and managing a team.
• Demonstrate commitment to ongoing supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a recovery-focused care plan for clients.
• Manage shifts and delegate tasks to junior staff.
• Champion recovery-oriented practices and facilitate therapeutic interventions.

Skills

Mental health assessment and intervention skills

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Knowledge of physical health monitoring

Understanding of Mental Health Act

Risk Management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the East Kent Rehabilitation Service, at The Grove.

The Grove is situated in Ramsgate, and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides specialist inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health needs. The unit comprises of 8 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hour a day, 7 days a week.

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 number of clients on the unit and be expected to coordinate a recovery-focused, individualised plan of care, in addition to supporting the service users through the rehabilitation pathway.
• 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-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).

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.

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

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.

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• 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.

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


This advert closes on Monday 18 Aug 2025