Senior Staff Nurse

Job overview
Are you a dedicated RMN looking for a collaborative environment where your expertise is valued? We are looking for a passionate nurse to join our team at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
As a key member of our nursing team, you will uphold the highest standards of the NMC Code of Conduct while helping us drive our Nursing Strategy forward. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Clinical Excellence: Managing medicines clinics, administering medications safely, and acting as Nurse in Charge when required.
• Patient Advocacy: Providing educational support to help patients and carers make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.
• Safety & Vigilance: Identifying and reporting risks promptly, modifying care plans to maintain a safe environment, and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Strategic Support: Actively promoting Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's values, policies, and future-focused nursing initiatives.

What You Bring

• Professionalism: Current NMC Registration and a commitment to ongoing revalidation.
• Clinical Insight: A strong understanding of the hazards and limitations of common interventions and treatments.
• Communication: The ability to report patient changes and risks clearly and in a timely manner.
• Compassion: A drive to promote self-care and uphold the dignity of every patient in our care.

Main duties of the job
• Qualified and registered as an RMN with the approval to practice in the UK.
• Completed and signed off preceptorship.
• To have trained as a Practice Assessor, to be able to practice assess students.
• Supervise and appraise junior staff.
• To have demonstrable advanced skills in Mental Health assessment formulation, risk assessment and care planning.
• Work within the Mental Health Act Code of Practice and any other legislation relevant to the role.
• To have knowledge of the Care Act and its implications for practice.
• Undertaking all relevant training and participating in regular management/clinical supervision and annual appraisal.
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel between Trust sites in a timely manner.

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.
Take a look at our Community Nursing Video

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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).
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant Band 5 Experience

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of Professional Development

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Significant Band 5 Experience
• Evidence of post qualifying continued learning.
• Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
• Enhanced leadership skills e.g. taking charge, delegation of duties, supervising others.
• To participate in Quality Improvement, Audits, Research, etc.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the NHS.
• Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential criteria

• RMN or RNLD.
• Completed preceptorship

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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