Team Leader | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Dartford; On-site; GBP 1,000 - 3,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider in Dartford is seeking a Band 6 Team Leader (RMN) to lead clinical responsibilities and ensure patient well-being. This role requires a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience in managing complex patient needs. You will be part of a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

High Cost Area Allowance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid UK driving licence.
• Experience in mental health or learning disabilities.
• Capability to engage with patients with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of clinical leadership in learning disability services.
• Ensure the well-being of patients and staff.
• Maintain adherence to Trust policies.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Ability to support diverse patient needs

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Job description

Overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Forensic Low Secure & Learning Disability Forensic Inpatient service has opportunities for a Band 6 Team Leader (RMN) at the Allington and Tarentfort Centres located in Dartford.

The Allington Centre is a 20 bed low secure inpatient service for forensic services. We specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex mental health needs, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.

Tarentfort Centre is a 20 bedded specialist Low Secure Unit for the treatment and care of adult males/transgender females (whose risks to others cannot be managed in a female ward), who have confirmed or suspected identities as people with intellectual disability and/or autistic people and who may have additional mental health diagnoses. All people admitted to the Tarentfort Centre must also have been detained under MHA 1983/2007.

Responsibilities

• Support the Ward Managers and Matron in the delivery of clinical leadership, practice and achievement of quality priorities within inpatient learning disability and autism services.
• Ensure that the well-being of patients, staff and visitors is paramount to the ward ethos.
• Support the strategic objectives of the Trust through maintaining adherence of staff and of self to all Trust polices and procedures.
• This is a clinically based role where daily visible leadership is expected.

Compensation and Benefits

High Cost Area Allowance The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting, is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas. As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month: 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,303 per year and a maximum payment of £2,198 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly) (2025 figures).

Disability Confident

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About KMPT

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 and Vision

Our mission is what we set out to do every day: We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Other Information

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).