Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 26 June 2025

Job summary

Are you looking to work in an intervention led service to promote recovery in Mental Health?

South West Kent MHT is a diverse multi-cultural team that is looking to recruit a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse. The successful applicant is to work within the team, providing specialist mental health care for people with multiple and complex needs by offering interventions that promote recovery

If you are interested in developing your skills and delivering clinical care for people with complex emotional difficulties, depression, psychosis and other mental health presentations we are the team for you.

Full training and support will be provided to ensure that you have the skills and confidence to deliver.

Main duties of the job

  • To act as a Practice Assessor.
  • To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
  • To adhere to KMPTs policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • To support and behave in a way that upholds KMPT Trust values.
  • To assess, act on and report any safeguarding concerns.
  • To optimise health and wellbeing; promoting self -care where possible, helping people to make choices about their needs and involve their carers where appropriate.
  • You may be required to carry out specific duties relevant to the setting of community care.
  • To provide interventions to promote recovery.
  • To assess risk and identify client's needs.
  • To join work with other agencies involved in the client's care.
  • Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patient's current behaviour and risks
  • Recording care given in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using approved KMPT systems.
  • To supervise a range of other staff and their activities as delegated.
  • Acting as a role model and supporting new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
  • Undertake and maintain all essential training to role

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated 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 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

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-WK0284

Job locations

Highlands House

Calverley Park Gardens

Tunbridge Wells

TN1 2JN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.

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).

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • NMC registered
  • Qualified in mental health or learning disability nursing
  • Completed preceptorship

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at Band 5.
  • Evidence of post qualifying continued learning.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
  • Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
  • A comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
  • To be competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
  • Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.
  • Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.
  • Good knowledge and practice of IT skills.

Desirable

  • Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.
Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • NMC registered
  • Qualified in mental health or learning disability nursing
  • Completed preceptorship

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at Band 5.
  • Evidence of post qualifying continued learning.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
  • Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
  • A comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
  • To be competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
  • Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.
  • Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.
  • Good knowledge and practice of IT skills.

Desirable

  • Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Highlands House

Calverley Park Gardens

Tunbridge Wells

TN1 2JN


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

Highlands House

Calverley Park Gardens

Tunbridge Wells

TN1 2JN


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Team Leader

Louise Nixon

louise.nixon5@nhs.net

07707138569

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-WK0284

Job locations

Highlands House

Calverley Park Gardens

Tunbridge Wells

TN1 2JN


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