Staff Nurse (RMN)

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

We're looking for dynamic and motivated mental health or learning disability nurse to Work as part of our team in Chartwell Ward at Priority House Maidstone.

The Acute Services serves the community of Kent with assessment and treatment of adults who are suffering from acute mental illnesses. This is a challenging yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use initiative. As well as working effectively within an experienced and knowledgeable nursing and medical team.

You'll be experienced in practice, or alternatively may be able to join our preceptorship programme. We have dedicated Preceptorship leads as well as online resources. We also support preceptors to undertake The NHS Leadership Academy, Edward Jenner Programme. In addition to this all our employees are able to access good quality supervision and mentoring as well as a wide-range of further learning opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Carry out comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with the patient and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
Work collaboratively with other disciplines, patients and their carers to agree a holistic person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
To deliver and evaluate safe, competent patient centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.

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

18 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-AC0547

Job locations

Priority House, Maidstone

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN or equivalent

Desirable

Evidence of post qualification personal and practice development

Experience

Essential

Pre-registration experience of mental health settings and or working with people with mental health conditions

Desirable

Previous experience of working as a registered nurse

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge and experience in working with patients detained under the MHA 1983 (amended 2007)
Basic knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
A basic understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
A basic understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN or equivalent

Desirable

Evidence of post qualification personal and practice development

Experience

Essential

Pre-registration experience of mental health settings and or working with people with mental health conditions

Desirable

Previous experience of working as a registered nurse

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge and experience in working with patients detained under the MHA 1983 (amended 2007)
Basic knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
A basic understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
A basic understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Effective organisational /planning and decision making skills.

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.