Community Psychiatric Nurse - Community Rehabilitation
Band 6
Main area: Community Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts cover 8-8 Monday- Saturday)
Job ref: 380-EK277
Site: Eureka Place, Town Ashford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good.
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offers a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Job overview
The community rehabilitation service provides care and support for people with complex mental health difficulties that have impacted their daily lives. They explore and provide a wide range of goal-based interventions with people to support their recovery. Individualised programmes of care are developed to enhance independence, build meaningful activities and improve health and wellbeing.
The successful candidate will be expected to advocate for the people in their care and promote a recovery-oriented focus throughout. The post requires lone working and will include 1 to 1 sessions and specific group work. The core hours of the post are 09:00 till 17:00 weekdays, Monday to Friday, with some flexible working between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00 including some evenings, weekends and public holidays if there is a service need.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Community Psychiatric Nurse is a key clinical leader within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.
The Psychiatric Nurse will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally accountable to the Service Manager. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
* Qualified and registered as an RMN with the approval to practice in the UK. Completed and signed off preceptorship.
* Registration with the NMC
* Approved Practice Educator
* Further training relevant to the role
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
* Supervision and appraisal of junior staff.
* Experience of working with complex mental health conditions in a rehabilitation setting
* Experience of individual & group work
* Experience of leading service developments
* Experience of clinical audit and research
Knowledge and Skills
* Demonstrable advanced skills in Mental Health assessment formulation, risk assessment and care planning
* Knowledge and expertise in the application of relevant theoretical models, and approaches relevant to the client group
* Understanding of the impact of mental health needs and/or cognitive impairment on function and occupation of clients, family and carers.
* Training and presentation/facilitation skills
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service: 29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service: 33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions. Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face-to-face counselling service for any issues not just work-related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for various discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to mandatory subjects, there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff with a comprehensive Induction programme.
To deliver an effective service, it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
KMPT is committed to creating an environment for equal opportunities for all.
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