Clinic Nurse

Do you want to make a difference?

At Medway CMHT, we believe that the best patient care happens when our nurses feel completely supported and valued. If you want to make a real difference in people's lives while working in a friendly, tight-knit team, we would love to hear from you.

The Clinic Nurse is a key member within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience within the Clinics.

We are looking for an experienced registered nurse or a new qualified nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, provides leadership and ensures the clinical governance framework standards within the clinics are upheld.

You will provide care for the presenting patient within the Clinics from initial clinical assessment, administration of prescribed medication, monitoring of Health and well-being of the Patient, including physical health interventions and evaluation of care.

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 will also include supporting patients at home with their mental and physical health needs.

Work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In order to work at this level, NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.

Be able to demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process.

To Administer prescribed depot/LAI antipsychotic medications in accordance with Trust policies, local protocols, and NMC guidelines.

Carry out pre-injection assessments including mental state examination, physical health monitoring (e.g. blood pressure, pulse, weight, blood tests as required), and side-effect screening (e.g. EPSEs, metabolic syndrome, QTc risk).

Carry out annual physical health checks as per the NICE guidelines.

Assess and document the service user's response to medication and report concerns to the prescribing clinician.

To take blood samples from patients and ensure that blood samples are analysed using the PocHi and where required sent to the laboratory within specified time scales.

Managing blood results and take actions needed when results are outside normal parameters, following policy and national guidance

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.

Take a look at our Community Nursing Video

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charity Kwabia Job title: Lead Nurse Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01795504959