Community Psychiatric Nurse

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Job overview
Are you looking to work in an intervention-led service to promote recovery in mental health?
West Kent MHT+ is a diverse multi-cultural team that is looking to recruit a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse into a development post, with a view to achieving a Band 6 status at the end of the agreed period.
The successful applicant is to work within the team, providing specialist mental health care for people with multiple and complex needs by offering interventions that promote recovery.
If you are interested in developing your skills and delivering clinical care for people with complex emotional difficulties, depression, psychosis, and other mental health presentations, we are the team for you.
Full training and support will be provided to ensure that you have the skills and confidence to deliver.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a Practice Assessor.
• To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
• To adhere to KMPT's policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• To support and behave in a way that upholds KMPT Trust values.
• To assess, act on and report any safeguarding concerns.
• To optimise health and wellbeing; promoting self-care where possible, helping people to make choices about their needs and involve their carers where appropriate.
• You may be required to manage, administer medications and monitor their effects.
• You may be required to carry out specific duties relevant to the setting of community care depot and clozapine clinics.

Working for our organisation
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 across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
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 day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To 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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide interventions to promote recovery.
• To assess risk and identify clients needs.
• To work with other agencies involved in the clients care.
• Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patient's current behaviour and risks using red board meetings daily or to team managers.
• Recording care given in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using approved KMPT systems.
• To supervise a range of other staff and their activities as delegated.
• Acting as a role model and supporting new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training to role.

Person specification

Registered Mental Health

Essential criteria

• Current NMC registration
• Knowledge and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care, e.g. Mental Capacity Act

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working in adult mental health
• Previous experience of working within the NHS

Clinical knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound understanding of secondary mental health diagnoses
• Medication competencies

Desirable criteria

• Completion of Edward Jenner Programme
• Good understanding of Physical Health conditions

Mental Health Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 amended 2007
• Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act

Desirable criteria

• Interest in delivering educational group
• Understanding of cognitive behavioural therapy

KMPT Staff Benefits:

• NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
• Annual leave for Agenda for Change
• 27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
• After 5 years NHS service: 29 days full time or pro rata if part time
• After 10 years NHS service: 33 days full time or pro rata if part time
• Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
• Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
• Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
• Flexible working Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
• Staff Support KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
• NHS discounts and shopping vouchers Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
• Learning and Development opportunities In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.