Lead Nurse - Mental Health Together

Mental Health Together is a revolutionary initiative of multi-agency collaboration to deliver primary care services to the people of South Kent Coast, that aims to promote the meeting of all life domains where that affect service users' mental health. We seek a nurse leader with a proven ability to identify and utilise staff members' strengths delivering high-quality performance. The ideal candidate is anyone interested in further developing their nurse leadership skills and influencing how mental health services are delivered in South Kent Coast in this time of service transformation. You will be offered the support, coaching and training to excel in this role. In this role, you will be responsible for the nursing team delivering high-quality, person-centred assessment and intervention. You will use the clinical governance framework to monitor that services provide good patient experience & address areas of concern. Continuous development of the nursing team by delivering training, education and supervision (ideally trauma-informed approach to your leadership), recognising achievements and building a strong team morale will be expected to achieve this goal. Clinically, you will be involved in the assessment and intervention of a small number of cases. Main duties of the job

• Team leadership - recognising existing strengths in the team and utilising these. Maintaining morale and motivation. Development of team members to meet service needs and individual career goals. Training, education and supervision.
• Workforce planning - working closely with other senior colleagues to recruit, retain, nurture and develop the nursing team. Ensure student nurses receive good quality training experiences.
• Clinical governance - setting clinical standards and planning how they will be achieved. Monitoring compliance with these standards using data from a range of sources. Joint responsibility for achieving CQC standards.
• Collaborative working with partner agencies, community matrons and senior leaders. Co-production with service users and carers.
• Clinical assessment and offering short term, evidence based interventions.
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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. 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. 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., It is a multi-agency offer, which means bringing all the services and agencies that support people with varying mental health needs much closer together. This ensures that people get the right care, without having to navigate service boundaries and without repeatedly telling their story. Mental Health Together will add new roles, as part of a new joined-up model of care which bridges the gap that currently exists between primary (i.e. GPs) and community mental health (i.e. KMPT). It will treat people with complex mental health needs by:
• Providing someone with support in a person-centred, holistic way
• Removing barriers to access, and thresholds across services working together
• Involving service users and carers as equal partners in their care
• Building in involvement and co-production at all levels of service design delivery
• Delivering needs-led and personalised trauma-informed care
  
  Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Degree or relevant equivalent
Desirable criteria
• ENB 998 or equivalent
Experience Essential criteria
• Minimum 5 years post reg. experience
• Minimum 3 years post registration community mental health experience
• Experience of working with people with personality disorder
• Psyhco-social assessment
• Supporting family and carers
• Crisis resolution
Desirable criteria
• Working with forensic cases, Recovery model
• Social inclusion
• Working knowledge of MHA and Care Act
Desirable criteria
• An awareness of clinical governance framework
• Awareness if NHS Plan
Skills Essential criteria
• Good breadth of clinical nursing skills including psychosocial interventions, psyhchotropic medication, physical health
• Time management and prioritisation
• IT skills
• Leadership skills
  
  Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday's.
• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
• Realistic flexible working options
• Excellent local schools and community amenities
• Generous relocation package available to eligible staff who need to move to take up post, NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
Please see Apply. Apply/Pensions.aspx 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