Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Are you a dedicated nurse who looks beyond the diagnosis? We are an all-age service, supporting adults from 18 years and up through every stage of their recovery journey.
What You'll Be Doing
Comprehensive Care: You'll lead systematic nursing assessments that consider the "whole person"-including their culture, environment, and psychology.
Collaborative Planning: Working side-by-side with service users, their carers, and a multi-disciplinary team, you'll co-create person-centered care plans that actually mean something to the individual.
Clinical Excellence: You'll act as a mentor and leader, ensuring our practice stays in line with NICE guidance while delivering hands-on care and evaluation.
Service Evolution: From facilitating Depot and Clozapine clinics to driving Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives, you'll help us constantly find better ways to serve our community.
What We're Looking For
A Holistic Thinker: Someone who understands that health is influenced by everything from social factors to spiritual needs. A Natural Leader: You're comfortable guiding best practices and supporting your teammates.
The Essentials: Valid nursing registration and a solid understanding of NICE guidelines and multi-agency working.
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).

Main duties of the job

• Supporting patients to function to their optimal ability in their environment.
• Maintaining and promoting a safe environment taking account of infection control and identifying and reporting hazards and risks in a timely manner
• Escorting and transporting patients as required as part of their care plan e.g ECT Suite.
• May also be required, at times, to work at other Trust units and/or sites.
• Physically able to carry out all duties required of the care setting, following successful completion of physical interventions training as required.

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
• To support and uphold the most current NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
• To support the implementation of current and future Nursing Strategy.
• To promote and to adhere to our Trust strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person specification

Training,Qualifications and Registration.

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC
• Practice Assessor
• Completed Preceptorship
• Completed Edward Jenner Programme

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development within mental health field.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 5
• Evidence of post qualifying continued learning

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the NHS.

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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