Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Clinic Nurse

The closing date is 10 September 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to join our Swale CMHT, located in Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital.

The Clinic Nurse is a key member 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 within the clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced registered nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, provides leadership and ensures the clinical governance framework standards within the clinics are upheld.

You will provide care for the presenting patient within the Clinics from initial clinical assessment, administration of prescribed medication, monitoring of the Health and well-being of the Patient, including physical health interventions and evaluation of care.

Demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice.

You will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process and work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, providing nurse leadership as required. In order to work at this level, NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.

The post will also include supporting patients at home with their mental and physical health needs.

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

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-NK223

Job locations

Swale CMHT, Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
  • Previous experience of working in a community team
  • Crisis Resolution
  • Working in mental health clinic setting

Desirable

  • Experience of student mentoring and experience of supervising junior staff
  • MDT working
  • Familiarisation of the use of clozapine and monitoring requirements

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC registered
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent With evidence of professional development

Desirable

  • Management qualification
  • Clinical qualification

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to work own initiative
  • Knowledge and understanding of Adult safeguarding
  • Risk Assessment MDT framework

Desirable

  • Understanding of the requirements of Quality Improvement Methodology including QSIR
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
  • Previous experience of working in a community team
  • Crisis Resolution
  • Working in mental health clinic setting

Desirable

  • Experience of student mentoring and experience of supervising junior staff
  • MDT working
  • Familiarisation of the use of clozapine and monitoring requirements

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC registered
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent With evidence of professional development

Desirable

  • Management qualification
  • Clinical qualification

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to work own initiative
  • Knowledge and understanding of Adult safeguarding
  • Risk Assessment MDT framework

Desirable

  • Understanding of the requirements of Quality Improvement Methodology including QSIR

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

Swale CMHT, Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT


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

Swale CMHT, Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Nurse

Alex Bridge

alex.bridge@nhs.net

01795504959

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-NK223

Job locations

Swale CMHT, Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT


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