Physical Health Nurse

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

West Kent Primary Care Mental Health Service are currently undergoing a recruitment drive, including for this exciting post for an Adult Nurse, or Registered General Nurse with an interest in working with people with mental health difficulties, and a passion for promoting health and wellbeing. Patients with severe and enduring mental health problems suffer from more physical health problems and have a lower life expectancy that the general population, and the aim of this post is to undertake regular health checks of patients receiving treatment from the team, promoting health and wellbeing in addition to supporting your colleagues to improve physical health knowledge. With opportunities for both individual and group work, the post holder will undertake wellbeing and medication clinics. Based in Tunbridge Wells, you will be joining a friendly, well established multidisciplinary team. Please join us as we grow from strength to strength!

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the Primary Care Mental Health Team, providing physical health nursing assessments, care and treatment for adults with serious mental illness within Primary Care in the community. This role also involves supporting and promoting physical well being and educating service users, carers and colleagues. An awareness and knowledge base of service provided by the Primary Care Mental Health Service for severe, enduring mental illness. Experience and knowledge in the management of long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease Delivery of patient care to reflect and refer to Evidence Based Practice

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.

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.

Date posted

19 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-CR0249-B

Job locations

West Kent Primary Care Mental Health Team

23-29 Albion Place

Maidstone

ME14 5TS

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications: min of 3 years post qualifications; Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work

Desirable

Leadership or management qualification:

Knowledge

Essential

Experience: Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting

knowledge

Essential

Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence based practice in caring for patients in the designated field

communication skills

Essential

Communication Skills: Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, cares/ families and all members of the multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications: min of 3 years post qualifications; Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work

Desirable

Leadership or management qualification:

Knowledge

Essential

Experience: Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting

knowledge

Essential

Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence based practice in caring for patients in the designated field

communication skills

Essential

Communication Skills: Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, cares/ families and all members of the multidisciplinary team

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.