Staff Nurse -Older Adult

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

The Mental Health Nurse is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.

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

If you are an overseas candidate, then please see our international nurse advert - Qualified Mental Health Nurse - Overseas Applicants.

Main duties of the job

If you are committed to enabling the recovery of older people and share our commitment to providing high quality care in a dynamic clinical environment, we'd love to tell you more about our current vacancies. We have a variety of flexible working options available across the Trust, with both full and part time roles.

KMPT provide Older Adult wards in the following locations;

Jasmine Ward - 16 bed mixed gender ward in Dartford
Ruby Ward - 13 bed female ward in Medway
Orchards Ward - 16 bed mixed gender ward in Maidstone
Heather Ward - 15 bed mixed gender ward in Canterbury
Woodchurch Ward - 15 bed mixed gender ward in Margate
Sevenscore Ward - 12 bed mixed gender ward in Margate

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 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.

Date posted

07 February 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-OMPH-FEB22

Job locations

Priority House

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as a Practice Assessor.To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.To adhere to the most current NMC Code of Conduct at all times.To support the implementation of current and future Nursing Strategy.To adhere to KMPTs 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 practise safely by being aware of the correct use, limitations and hazards of common interventions, including nursing activities and treatments.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN or equivalent

Desirable

Registered

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN or equivalent

Desirable

Registered

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.