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
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
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