Staff Nurse

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Newhaven Lodge is comprised of 8 single bedrooms offering 24 hour care 7 days a week for individuals with complex mental health needs. It is situated in Gillingham at Medway Maritime Hospital and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides inpatient Recovery and Rehabilitation.

The Rehabilitation Service provides assessments and a variety of treatment interventions within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), who work closely together to provide a flexible approach in order to meet clients’ needs and requirements and to provide the best quality care.

Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated registered mental health nurse to join our experienced multi-disciplinary team at Newhaven Lodge. The role includes:

• Supporting the Unit Manager in the smooth running of the Unit and taking an active leadership role in running shifts.
• Undertaking specialist assessments and identifying rehabilitation goals with clients who have a range of complex mental health needs.
• Acting as Named Nurse to a defined caseload of clients within the Unit and working with them in a recovery-focused model to develop individualized and person-centered care plans.
• Promoting effective treatment of clients through the safe management and administration of medication.
• Working across a 24 hour shift pattern, 7 days a week.
• Managing the shift when on duty & coordinating the workload for junior staff; delegation.
• Having a good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Safeguarding frameworks & clinical documentation.
• Administering & dispensing medication (medication management).
• Championing recovery-oriented practice, including group work, & facilitating the therapeutic intervention programme.
• Following Health and Safety protocols & Policies.
• Risk management & patient safety.
• Delivering effective & quality care alongside patients.
• Keeping up to date with mandatory & CPD requirements (Trust Policy / NMC Revalidation).
• Demonstrating good mental health assessment & intervention skills.
• There is a strong commitment to supervision, training & regular appraisal, which you will receive & deliver to named staff.
• Working as part of the MDT on the Unit.
• Demonstrating effective communication & interpersonal skills.
• Having a good knowledge of physical health monitoring & documentation.

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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mary Ewohime Job title: Unit Manager, Newhaven Lodge Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01634 974400