Community Psychiatric Nurse | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £39,205 - £47,084 Per annum (inclusive of high cost area supplement) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 6PB |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7487416/380-NK209-A |
Summary
Are you a passionate mental health professional seeking a dynamic and rewarding career?
We are seeking an energetic and motivated individual to join ourestablishedDartfordHome Treatment team and Rapid Response Servicein North Kent. This is anexciting timeto 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 Nursewith relevant experience.
• Possesses a passion for mental health and a commitment to providing high-quality care.
• Is motivated, energetic, and innovativewith a desire to develop their skills
In this role, you will play a vital role inassessing 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 service users, staff, and relatives to identify goals and determine and deliver an appropriate intervention plan which aims to maximise engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
• Engage in short term psychosocial interventions appropriate to need and risks.
• 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.
• Has effective organisational /planning and decision-making skills to manage workloads and competing demands.
• Demonstrates clear communication skills and effective leadership skills.
• Is flexible and able to work shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
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.
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Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
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.
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).
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
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