Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 380-NK235
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Elizabeth Raybould Centre, Dartford
- Town
- Bow Arrow Lane
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Band 6
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. 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
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse who has a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability to join us at the Elizabeth Raybould Centre, Dartford.
This comes at a time of transformation in mental health services under the community mental health framework and will give the successful candidate opportunities to work within mental health, together + where there are new treatment pathways set up with different interventions being offered to service users.
This role will allow the clinician to focus on delivering these, but also develop skills in working with the wider population.
The post holder will receive support from an established team and regular supervision.
Main duties of the job
Mental Health Services nationally are undergoing a significant transformation under the Community Mental Health Framework.
The role would include being involved in the assessment and management of clients with various mental health conditions. Training and support will be provided for this.
We also encourage innovative ideas and to contribute to service improvement. Your clinical competence and confidence are important to us, but in equal measure with your genuine kindness and compassion for your colleagues and patients.
To deliver an effective service, it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 £1,303 per year and a maximum payment of £2,198 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly) (2025 figures)
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 the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Band 5
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- NMC or RNLD registered
- Practice Assessor
- Completed preceptorship
- Completed Edward Jenner Programme
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
- Comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management
- To be competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
- Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience
- Effective organisational /planning and decision-making skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anita John
- Job title
- Operational Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322476600
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