Staff Nurse | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | West Malling, ME19 5HT |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7360120/380-NK219 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Rehabilitation Service, at Rosebud Centre. This post will be a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Rosebud Centre is situated in Leybourne, West Malling and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides specialist inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health needs. The unit comprises of 10 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The multidisciplinary team provides a wide range of individualised interventions delivered by nursing, medical, psychological, occupational therapy and peer support clinicians. As a Staff Nurse, you would be the named nurse for a small caseload of clients and be expected to coordinate a recovery-focused, individualised plan of care; in addition to supporting the service users through the rehabilitation pathway.
The role includes:
Supporting the Unit Manager in the smooth running of the Unit and taking an active leadership role in running shifts.
Undertaking specialist assessments and identifying rehabilitation goals with clients who have a range of complex mental health needs.
Acting as Named Nurse to a defined caseload of clients within the Unit and working with them in a recovery-focused model to develop individualised and person-centred care plans.
Promoting effective treatment of clients through the safe management and administration of medication.
Work across a 24-hour shift pattern, 7 days a week.
Manage the shift when on duty & coordinate the workload for junior staff; delegation.
Have a good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Safeguarding frameworks & clinical documentation.
Administer & dispense medication (medication management).
Champion recovery-oriented practice, to include group work, & facilitate the therapeutic intervention programme.
Follow Health and Safety protocols & Policies.
Risk management & patient safety.
Deliver effective & quality care alongside patients.
Keep up to date with mandatory & CPD requirements (Trust Policy / NMC Revalidation).
Demonstrate good mental health assessment & intervention skills.
There is a strong commitment to supervision, training & regular appraisal, which you will receive & deliver to named staff.
Work as part of the MDT on the Unit.
Demonstrate effective communication & interpersonal skills.
Have a good knowledge of physical health monitoring & documentation.
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.
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.
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The successful applicant is expected to work collaboratively within a team of registered nurses & healthcare assistants who are supported by a centralised MDT comprising of medical, psychological & occupational therapy practitioners in order to support and deliver a quality package of care. In addition, the service works closely with wider mental health & 3rd sector services in order to access opportunities for service users in the areas of work, education & leisure, so excellent communication skills are essential.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Aug 2025
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