Job summary
Are you a dedicated nurse who looks beyond the diagnosis?

We are an all-age service, supporting adults from 18 years and up through every stage of their recovery journey.

What You'll Be Doing
Comprehensive Care: You'll lead systematic nursing assessments that consider the "whole person"--including their culture, environment, and psychology.

Collaborative Planning: Working side-by-side with service users, their carers, and a multi-disciplinary team, you'll co-create person-centered care plans that actually mean something to the individual.

Clinical Excellence: You'll act as a mentor and leader, ensuring our practice stays in line with NICE guidance while delivering hands-on care and evaluation.

Service Evolution: From facilitating Depot and Clozapine clinics to driving Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives, you'll help us constantly find better ways to serve our community.

What We're Looking For
A Holistic Thinker: Someone who understands that health is influenced by everything from social factors to spiritual needs.

A Natural Leader: You're comfortable guiding best practices and supporting your teammates.

The Essentials: Valid nursing registration and a solid understanding of NICE guidelines and multi-agency working.

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

• Supporting and assessing patients to function to their optimal ability in their community environment.
• Maintaining and promoting a safe environment taking account of infection control and identifying and reporting hazards and risks in a timely manner.
• May also be required, at times, to work at other Trust units and/or sites.
• Physically able to carry out all duties required of the care setting, following successful completion of physical interventions training as required.
• Adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
• Support and uphold the most current NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
• Support the implementation of current and future Nursing Strategy.
• Promote and to adhere to our Trust strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines.

About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.

Sarah's story: A career in community mental health nursing

Details
Date posted: 09 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 380-EK477
Job locations: Ash Eton, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT195HL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration.
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC
• Practice Assessor
• Completed Preceptorship

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development within mental health field.
• Completed Edward Jenner Programme

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience at Band 5
• Evidence of post qualifying continued learning

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Good knowledge and practice of IT skills
• Competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
• Medication and physical health competencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address: Ash Eton, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT195HL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Operational Team Manager, Francesca Andrews, francesca.andrews6@nhs.net, 07591450197

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.