Staff Nurse
The closing date is 18 May 2025
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse within the East Kent Community Rehabilitation Service, at Ethelbert Rd rehabilitation unit
The unit is situated in the centre of Canterbury, 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 9 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 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.
Main duties of the job
- 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 and facilitate to 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
About us
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 across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
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 strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo 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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Details
Date posted
07 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
380-EK298
Job locations
Ethelbert Rd
11 Ethelbert Rd
Canterbury
CT1 3HH
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Ethelbert Rd
11 Ethelbert Rd
Canterbury
CT1 3HH
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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