Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 11 September 2025
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Home Treatment Team, based at Priority House in Maidstone.
You will be working within the home treatment function delivering support to patients and their families using evidence based, profession specific and general mental health knowledge, providing client centred, recovery orientated principles and practice for individuals, families and carers referred to the Service.
Working in accordance with Home Treatment Team Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach and providing an alternative to inpatient admission, treating patients in their home environment who are presenting in a crisis with significant distress.
Main duties of the job
Work within their professional code of conduct.
Work as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team driving the implementation of the nursing care as per the service user's care plans, meeting the physical & emotional needs of the service users in a caring and empathic manner.
Take a leading role in monitoring & maintaining physical wellbeing.
Work flexibly regarding shift changes according to the needs of the service.
Affectively record and communicate information relating to service users.
Delegate duties and support the MDT along with unqualified staff, HCAs and students
Be aware of the trust values & behaviours and use them to provide a framework for your daily work.
Undertake any reasonable request within own competencies and understanding.
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).
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
28 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-WK0315
Job locations
Priority House, Maidstone
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9PH
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Priority House, Maidstone
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9PH
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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