# Community Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse/a4cf5b63-6aa8-40de-9ff1-ba68662fbf78 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse/a4cf5b63-6aa8-40de-9ff1-ba68662fbf78.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - **Town:** Maidstone - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 09.00-17.00 hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T16:00:50.683Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Canterbury/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v7983929 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7983929?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As part of the Band 6 Nursing team you will be required to hold a mentoring qualification. ### Main duties of the job Our service focuses on promoting recovery for those people diagnosed with severe and enduring mental ill health. We provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services and work closely with local specialist mental health teams, tertiary service providers, primary care, local statutory and non-statutory agencies, service users and carers. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Professional. You will have a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability. Effective communication skills and self-governance are required. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of high level interventions & community nursing skills. Existing qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected. This post offers an excellent opportunity to work in an interesting and developing service environment. You will be offered considerable opportunities for training and professional development. The service line is currently developing care pathways which offers the opportunity to gain skills in offering specialist interventions to the different client groups that we work with. 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). The post holder will be expected to work across the team's sites, and to visit service users at home. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement. - Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic, person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment. Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification ## Job Details As part of the Band 6 Nursing team you will be required to hold a mentoring qualification. ## Job Description Our service focuses on promoting recovery for those people diagnosed with severe and enduring mental ill health. We provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services and work closely with local specialist mental health teams, tertiary service providers, primary care, local statutory and non-statutory agencies, service users and carers. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Professional. You will have a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability. Effective communication skills and self-governance are required. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of high level interventions & community nursing skills. Existing qualifications or a willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is expected. This post offers an excellent opportunity to work in an interesting and developing service environment. You will be offered considerable opportunities for training and professional development. The service line is currently developing care pathways which offers the opportunity to gain skills in offering specialist interventions to the different client groups that we work with. 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). The post holder will be expected to work across the team's sites, and to visit service users at home. ## Responsibilities Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement. Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic, person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment. Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working in a community team **Desirable** - Clinic experience - Depot / Clozapine - Phlebotomy trained ### Qualifictions **Essential** - Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) - Mentor / Placement Assessor qualification ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication Negotiating and motivational skills - Awareness of physical health issues within mental health patient population **Desirable** - Crisis resolution and management skills - Problem solving. Good time management ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [trust name change (pdf, 813.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2991) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10289031) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.