# Community Psychiatric Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-psychiatric-nurse/5fc5d04f-d238-433b-917d-f4c3e396faeb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-psychiatric-nurse/5fc5d04f-d238-433b-917d-f4c3e396faeb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust - **Location:** Priority House (ME16 9PH) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working long days and nights) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T15:42:47.577Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8333214 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333214?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview When a service user experiences an acute mental health crisis, receiving prompt, compassionate care in their own home can transform their recovery. As a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) within our North Kent Home Treatment & Rapid Response Teams, you will play a vital role in delivering recovery-focused nursing care to service users, families, and carers when they need it most. This dynamic dual role combines hands-on crisis nursing, hospital gatekeeping, shift leadership, and student mentorship: - Home Treatment: Deliver evidence-based, nurse-led care and psychosocial interventions directly in service users' homes, offering a safe, effective alternative to inpatient admission. - Rapid Response: Screen new referrals via the Urgent Mental Health Helpline, conduct urgent 24/7 assessments, and carry out gatekeeping assessments across general hospital settings. - Clinical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead shifts, co-ordinate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) workloads, maintain high documentation standards, and act as a Practice Educator to support and inspire the next generation of mental health nurses. Please note we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship for this post. ### Main duties of the job - Assessment & Crisis Screening: Conduct holistic nursing assessments for newly referred service users in acute distress, delivering targeted, short-term interventions to help resolve crises safely. - Shift Co-ordination & MDT Leadership: Act as shift co-ordinator—managing fast-changing priorities, delegating effectively across the multi-disciplinary team, and keeping clinical operations running smoothly. - Hospital Gatekeeping & Liaison: Complete gatekeeping assessments in general hospital settings to ensure individuals are guided onto the most appropriate care pathway without delay. - Quality & Clinical Documentation: Maintain clear, up-to-date care plans and risk assessments in line with Trust policies, Care Programme Approach (CPA) guidelines, and Quality Improvement standards. - Practice Education & Mentorship: Supervise nursing students on placement as a Practice Educator, completing formal assessments and delivering welcoming team inductions. - Service Development: Help design and deliver specialist in-service training packages to support continuous team learning and professional growth ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job description for further details for full detailed responsibilities of this role. 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years post registration experience. - Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others. - Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations. **Desirable** - Experience of clinical audit and research. - Experience of leading service developments. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - 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. - An understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management. - Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments - Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations - Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team. **Desirable** - Training and presentation/facilitation skills. ### Training, Qualifications and Registration **Essential** - Registration with relevant regulatory body. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - Mentor (998 course or equivalent) / Practice Educator. **Desirable** - Further training relevant to the role ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682111) ## 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.