Staff Nurse
The closing date is 29 October 2025
Job summary
Are you a dedicated, compassionate RMN or RNLD committed to providing great care? Do you want the chance to help shape a new and genuinely innovative service for the women of Kent and Medway?
We're creating Kent and Medway's first, and only, NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for women, and are seeking talented RMNs/RNLDs to help us deliver this vital service. We have 7+ vacancies available, these can be full time or part time (3 days per week/22.5 hrs per week minimum for part time roles).
As a key member of the multidisciplinary care team, you will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence change and promote health, best practice, patient safety and experience.
Please note that the start date for this post will be February 2026, to allow for sufficient time for onboarding, induction, and training before the anticipated arrival of the first patient in April 2026.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.
All positions also benefit from a High Cost Area allowance.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with the patient and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
- Work collaboratively with other disciplines, patients and their carers to agree a holistic person-centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
- To deliver and evaluate safe, competent patient centred-care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
About us
Working in a PICU is very rewarding but we want to be honest and share that it is demanding too. It is likely to be needed by people with severe and complex mental health conditions (e.g. Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder and may be associated with Personality Disorder, Substance Misuse and PTSD).
While emotionally challenging, the opportunity to support critically unwell women back to their communities, ensuring 'right care, in the right place, at the right time', is immense, and your skilled, multidisciplinary, team will be there to support you.
You would be working as part of a team of mental health experts, dedicated to making sure the most unwell women in our communities have the same access to specialist care as men.
We are recruiting now to make sure our new female PICU team is in place with enough time to train, form team bonds and prepare. So you can all make a profound difference to patient outcomes from day one.
We also offer ongoing professional development to help you adapt and progress your career, including bespoke training and a comprehensive induction program.
Details
Date posted
15 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,602 to £39,686 a year per annum pro rata (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
380-AC0731
Job locations
Littlebrook Hospital, Dartford
Bow Arrow Lane
Dartford
DA2 6PB
Employer details
Employer name
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Littlebrook Hospital, Dartford
Bow Arrow Lane
Dartford
DA2 6PB
Employer's website
https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)





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