Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working in mental health service
- Experience
Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others.
- Experience
Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
- Experience
To be able to work a 24hr shift pattern including day shifts, nights shifts and weekend shifts
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Care programme approach, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
- Knowledge and Skills
An understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
Registration with relevant regulatory body. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience working within Crisis Home Treatment Team
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to motivate, empower and enable others.
- Knowledge and Skills
Leadership skills
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
Further training relevant to the role
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
Mentorship or practice educator qualification
Job overview
We are looking to recruit to our Home Treatment Team. Working within the home treatment function delivering support to patients and their families using evidence based, profession specific and general mental health knowledge providing client centred, recovery orientated principles and practice for individuals, families and carers referred to the Service.
You will also work within the Rapid response function undertaking assessments 24/7 received from Urgent Mental Health Helpline as well as undertaking gatekeeping assessments.
To work in accordance with Trust and Home Treatment Team Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach.
To provide an alternative to inpatient admission treating patients in their home environment who are presenting in a crisis with significant distress.
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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).
Main duties of the job
Working with service users referred to home Treatment team and Rapid Response Service
- To screen, and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short-term interventions until crisis is resolved
- To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions
- To ensure documentation is reviewed and updated in line with quality improvement standards
- To shift co-ordinate lead the shift, allocate work to the wider MDT and prioritise workloads.
- To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
- To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary.
- To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
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.
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This advert is for Community Psychiatric Nurse with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Maidstone, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health nurse role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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