Staff Nurse

The Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RNLD) is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care, communicating findings, influencing change and promoting health and best practices, patient safety and experience.
The post holder will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally accountable to the Matron / Clinical Service Manager., + Act as, or train to become, a Practice Assessor. Support student nurses' learning and development through assessment and feedback.
+ Comply with NMC registration, revalidation, and Code of Conduct standards.
+ Support the implementation of nursing strategies and adhere to KMPT policies and values.
+ Identify, report, and respond to safeguarding concerns.
+ Prioritize patient safety through safe practice, risk management, and incident reporting.
+ Provide holistic care, including education, medication management, and support for patients and their carers.
+ Supervise staff, manage workloads, and undertake specific clinical responsibilities as required.

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.
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.