Physical Health Nurse
The closing date is 22 June 2025
Job summary
Would you like to be part of a service that is embracing the therapeutic day? Are you someone who has a passion for working with adults with acute mental illness? Do you want to develop your knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure that we deliver high quality, person centred care at the right time and in the right place?
We have a vacancy at Thanet Mental Health Unit, for a Senior physical health nurse ( RGN). You will work collaboratively with the ward management team alongside clinical staff to support delivery of effective, high quality and safe patient centred physical healthcare.
You will support the development and drive forward a physical health education programme to ensure that our staff are able to meet the physical health needs of our patients. You will also help ensure that physical health is viewed on par with mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
- Have a strong desire to support us to develop this service in a rapidly changing climate.
- Have an interest in supporting the physical health of people with acute mental illness having previous experience in this setting.
- Be willing to work in a challenging/often demanding driven environment.
- Be willing to engage in audit and evaluation.
- Be part of a team wishing to always improve the user experience of mental health services.
- Be able to support the management team in a leadership role.
- Offer up-to-date training in physical health for all ward staff.
- Liaise and build a working relationship within our local acute Trust hospitals
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.
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Details
Date posted
06 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
380-AC0711
Job locations
Thanet Mental Health Unit
164 Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT9 4BF
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Thanet Mental Health Unit
164 Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT9 4BF
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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