The Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RNLD) is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care, communicating findings, influencing change and promoting health and best practices, patient safety and experience.

The post holder will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally accountable to the Matron / Clinical Service Manager.

Main duties of the job

• Act as, or train to become, a Practice Assessor. Support student nurses' learning and development through assessment and feedback.
• Comply with NMC registration, revalidation, and Code of Conduct standards.
• Support the implementation of nursing strategies and adhere to KMPT policies and values.
• Identify, report, and respond to safeguarding concerns.
• Prioritize patient safety through safe practice, risk management, and incident reporting.
• Provide holistic care, including education, medication management, and support for patients and their carers.
• Supervise staff, manage workloads, and undertake specific clinical responsibilities as required.

About us

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

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 dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

• RMN or RNLD.
• Qualified Practice Assessor (or working towards becoming a Practice Assessor if still in first year of registration)

Desirable

• Evidence of training/further study/or prepared to within the addiction specialty

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Mental Health/Learning Disabilities settings and or working with people with Mental Health/Learning Disabilities conditions.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within the NHS.
• Experience of Psychotherapies, counselling, group facilitation or motivational interviewing

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Basic knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care, e.g. Mental Capacity Act
• Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
• Basic understanding in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
• To pass medication and physical health competencies
• A basic understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
• Basic awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.
• Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.
• Good knowledge and practice of IT skills.
• Basic leadership skills e.g. taking charge, delegation of duties, supervising others.
• To participate in Quality Improvement, Audits, Research, etc.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Fant Oast

Bridge House, Upper Fant Road

Maidstone

ME16 8DE

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