Job Description

The Senior Mental Health 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 Mental Health Nurse will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally

accountable to the Service Manager/Matron.

Job holders must be able to work competently in a challenging environment and be able to react to changing care demands whilst demonstrating the highest levels of care and empathy towards patients.

This is across all aspects of the role in a flexible manner demonstrating the trust values.

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).

KEY RESULT AREAS:
Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement.

Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic person-centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.

To deliver and evaluate safe, person centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.

To act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance.

To facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.

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 day

We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future

To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Environment:
Supporting patients to function to their optimal ability in their environment. This will range from encouraging self-care to providing total physical care depending on the needs of the patient.

Maintaining and promoting a safe environment taking account of infection control and identifying and reporting hazards and risks in a timely manner.

Escorting and transporting patients as required as part of their care plan.

Driving own vehicle as per needs of the service and as individual capabilities allow.

Depending on the environment, serving drinks and promoting healthy choices as required to meet individual care plan needs.

Working a full range of shifts as per the requirements of the service. May also be required, at times, to work at other Trust units and/or sites.

Physically able to carry out all duties required of the care setting, following successful completion of physical interventions training as required. Ensuring a process and continuous improvement in the way services are provided.

To provide best practice and value-for-money by reviewing and evaluating services and sharing information internally and externally.

Job Description

The North East Kent Home Treatment Team is looking for a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community. You will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers, and other professionals, offering home treatment interventions as an alternative to hospital admission across the areas of Canterbury, Coastal and Thanet.

(working across 24 hr shift patterns including early, late, and night shifts)

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).

Assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.

To work as a member of the Home Treatment Team and Rapid Response team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and support for their families using evidence-based, profession-specific, and general mental health knowledge providing client-centered, recovery-orientated principles and practice for individuals, families, and carers referred to the Service.

You will be expected to work with the Rapid response team in order to carry out assessments; both emergency assessments and gatekeepings for patients, who require a 4-hour emergency response.

To work in accordance with the Trust and Home Treatment Team and Rapid Response Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach

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.

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