Clinic Nurse
The closing date is 10 September 2025
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Professional. You will have a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability.
Effective communication skills and self-governance are required. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of high-level interventions & community nursing skills. Existing qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected.
Mental Health Services nationally are undergoing a significant transformation under the Community Mental Health Framework. The Medway Community Mental Health Team is part of North Kent Community Services. It is a diverse multi-cultural team that is looking to recruit a band 6 Clinic Nurse to work within the team, providing specialist mental health care for people with multiple and complex needs that require intensive support.
As part of the Band 6 Nursing team, you will be required to attain a mentoring qualification.
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.
You will also be required to write tribunal reports, attend CPA meetings, and Tribunal meetings.
Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
Deliver and evaluate safe, person-centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
Act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance.
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 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
27 August 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-NK220
Job locations
Britton House, Gillingham
High Street
Gillingham
ME7 1AL
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Britton House, Gillingham
High Street
Gillingham
ME7 1AL
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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