Community Psychiatric Nurse - Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

£50,000 - £60,000

Description

Job overview
Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) South West Kent- Older Adults
The successful candidate will need to have relevant skills and expertise to carry out a variety of mental health needs assessments plus be able to plan and deliver interventions, both with individuals, their carers and groups.
You will need to be clinically confident and competent in working with individuals in community settings and be able to work effectively in a multi-professional context.
You should have collaborative and enthusiastic styles as well as have a passion and commitment to develop and promote service provisions for older adults with mental health and dementia related needs.

Main duties of the job
The post requires that you are good communicator and are able to adopt a flexible, adaptable and proactive approach to your work.
As well as providing specialist assessment and treatment within the CMHSOP you will be taking a lead role in memory clinic providing initial assessments, pre and post diagnostic support and treatment for people being diagnosed with dementia.
You will be benefiting from encouragement to continue to develop your own specialist skills, knowledge and competence through participation, reflection, supervision and training and your development will be guided using the trust's appraisal process. 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will :-
Plan and provide flexible, client centred care for patients and their carers referred for assessment and support.
Support the deliver of the Clinical Care Pathway work
Take a lead role in the Memory Assessment Service.
Act as care co-ordinator for a designated caseload.
Provide supervision and support for junior staff and students.
Ensure that patients referred to the service are supported before, during and following diagnosis.
Enable patients and their carers to access the care and support that they need.
Contribute to the planning and implementation of therapeutic groups and interventions for clients and carers.
Please see job description for full details. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

Qualified
Registration

Desirable criteria

Relevant training

Skills Essential criteria

Mental health / dementia experience
Expressed interest in client group
Awareness of legislation

Desirable criteria

Other relevant experience

KMPT Staff Benefits:
NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
Please see Apply . Apply for more details.
Annual leave for Agenda for Change On appointment to NHS
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 staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
Flexible working Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave Dependant on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non paid leave for career breaks
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 Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities In addition to the 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 and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT's subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme The list goes on
Probation Period . New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six month probationary period.
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.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check .
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service. KMPT is creating a

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