Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 25 May 2025

Job summary

If you are energetic, motivated to try innovative ways of working within in a multi-disciplinary team and have clinical skills that encompass urgent mental health and home treatment interventions then please consider applying.

The North East Kent Home Treatment Team is looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their team.

The community mental health nurse will carry a defined caseload of patients who have memory impairment and/or functional mental ill health.

The community mental health nurse is a key member of the multidisciplinary team and will have a continuing responsibility to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.

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).

Main duties of the job

To help manage a defined caseload of people who have functional and organic mental illness under supervision.

Carry out comprehensive holistic assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual and environmental factors, in partnership with the patient and others through interaction, observation and measurement.

Work collaboratively with other disciplines, patients and their carers to agree a holistic person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.

To deliver and evaluate safe, competent, person-centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.

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.

Date posted

09 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-EK302

Job locations

St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised professional qualification as a Registered Nurse (Mental Health) and NMC registration, or equivalent qualification for Occupational Therapy.

Desirable

Practice Educator/Mentor Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of acute mental health care.
Experience of nursing a range of mental health conditions.

Desirable

Experience of individual & group work

Skills

Essential

The ability to travel across a large geographical area 24 hours a day.
knowledge of current best practice in providing holistic interventions to people experiencing acute episode of mental ill health.
knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
A robust understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Understanding of the impact of acute episode of mental illness on function and occupation of clients, family and carers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised professional qualification as a Registered Nurse (Mental Health) and NMC registration, or equivalent qualification for Occupational Therapy.

Desirable

Practice Educator/Mentor Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of acute mental health care.
Experience of nursing a range of mental health conditions.

Desirable

Experience of individual & group work

Skills

Essential

The ability to travel across a large geographical area 24 hours a day.
knowledge of current best practice in providing holistic interventions to people experiencing acute episode of mental ill health.
knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
A robust understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Understanding of the impact of acute episode of mental illness on function and occupation of clients, family and carers.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)