Community Psychiatric Nurse

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is Seeking a Dedicated Community Psychiatric Nurse

Are you a passionate and experienced mental health nurse looking to make a real difference in people's lives? Join our dynamic and supportive Community Mental Health Team!

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Community Psychiatric Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team.

You will play a crucial role in providing holistic care to individuals with diverse mental health needs within the community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct thorough holistic assessments of individuals' mental and physical health needs, social circumstances, and support systems.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate personalized care plans in collaboration with service users and the multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinate and deliver a range of therapeutic interventions, medication management, and practical support.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of care plans, making adjustments as needed.

Sarah's story: A career in community mental health nursing

Main duties of the job

• Arranging, contributing to and documenting care reviews, including telephone, home visits, video and face to face reviews - as appropriate and defined within the care group SOP
• To supervise junior staff members and to support students in placement
• To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team as well as patients, carers, family members and internal and external agencies.
• Effective communication skills and self-governance are required.
• You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of high-level interventions & community assessment skills.
• Existing qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected

About us

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.

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting, is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas. As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,303 per year and a maximum payment of £2,198 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly) (2025 figures)

Job responsibilities

• Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patients current behaviour and/or risks to the Nurse/healthcare professional in Charge in a timely manner.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

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).

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered with NMC as an RMN
• Experience
• Experience working as RMN with people who has mental health difficulties

Qualifications

• Graduate
• Post Graduate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.