Community Psychiatric Nurse
The closing date is 29 July 2025
Job summary
The post of community mental health nurse is a key clinical leader within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience. You will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally accountable to the Service Manager/Matron.
Job holders must be able to work competently in a challenging environment and be able to react tochanging care demands whilst demonstrating the highest levels of care and empathy towards patients.
This is across all aspects of the role in a flexible manner, demonstrating the trust values.
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
Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with the service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers/networks to agree a holistic person-centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
To deliver and evaluate safe, person-centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
To act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance.
To facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.
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 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 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
15 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
380-EK331
Job locations
South Kent Coast - covering Coleman House, Dover and Ash Eton, Folkestone.
Brookfield Avenue
Dover
CT16 2AH
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
South Kent Coast - covering Coleman House, Dover and Ash Eton, Folkestone.
Brookfield Avenue
Dover
CT16 2AH
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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