Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work including nights)
- Job ref
- 380-AC0246-K
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Little Brook Hospital
- Town
- Dartford
- Salary
- £37,162 - £44,629 Per annum (inclusive of high cost area supplement)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Mental Health Nurse
Band 6
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) offer 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.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Are you a passionate mental health professional seeking a dynamic and rewarding career?
We are seeking an energetic and motivated individual to join our established Dartford Home Treatment team in North Kent. This is an exciting time to join our team as recent investments and changes to the community mental health framework are creating more opportunities for dedicated work within the CRHTT service.
In this role, you will:
- Provide 24/7 assessment and treatment to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in the community.
- Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver effective interventions.
- Develop your intervention and assessment skills through ongoing support, supervision, and training opportunities.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is a registered mental health Nurse with relevant experience.
- Possesses a passion for mental health and a commitment to providing high-quality care.
- Is motivated, energetic, and innovative with a desire to develop their skills.
We offer:
- £1,200 New Hire Bonus for qualifying nurse
- Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.
- Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
- Eligibility for the Blue Light Card
Here are some clips of our KMPT staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will play a vital role in assessing patients' mental health needs, determining appropriate support levels, and ensuring their well-being within a legal framework.
What you'll do:
- Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments to identify needs and risks.
- Manage potential risks associated with patients' conditions.
- Assess patients' capacity to consent to treatment options.
- Ensure all actions adhere to relevant mental health legislation and regulations.
- Work collaboratively with patients, carers, and a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement patient-cantered care plans.
- Participate in physical intervention training, if required, to support team safety.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with diverse mental health conditions.
- Is competent in community-based mental health care.
- Possesses strong assessment and risk management skills.
- Demonstrates a commitment to patient-centered care and collaborative working.
- Is flexible and able to work shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Working for our organisation
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.
What is High Cost Area Allowance?
The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.
As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.
- 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)
The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Working with service users referred to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service.
- You will be working across two functions-Rapid Response and Home Treatment Team providing assessments and interventions until the crisis is resolved.
- To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff. You will receive protected time to ensure your training is up to date and opportunities to further develop your career.
- To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.
- To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.
- To provide effective supervision, support, and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them.
- As taking patients off the Ward for home visits and community access visits is essential to the role, you will need to be a car driver, unless you are covered by the Equality Act, whereby the Trust has a duty to make practical adjustments.
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).
Please see job description for full details.
Person specification
training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Professional qualification (4)
Desirable criteria
- • additional training/qualifications (4)
knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- •Experience in qualified role (4)
- •Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
- • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations.
- • Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.
Desirable criteria
- •understanding of community role (4)
- • Leadership skills
- • Ability to motivate, empower and enable others
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience working in mental health service
- • Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others.
- • Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
- • To be able to work a 24hr shift pattern including day shifts, nights shifts and weekend shifts
Desirable criteria
- • Experience working within Crisis Home Treatment Team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Benita Reyes Medina
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322 622222
- Additional information
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Eastern & Coastal Area Offices
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
CT1 1AZ
- Telephone
- 01227 230855 | ext. 730855
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