Practice nurse - mental health | Medway Community Healthcare CIC in Hale

Are you a registered nurse with a special interest in mental health? Do you have experience of working in primary care? Are you passionate about improving outcomes for people living with mental health conditions? If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Provide holistic support to individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and dementia, helping them remain stable within the community.
• Carry out annual reviews and physical health checks.
• Promote recovery by signposting patients and carers to relevant community and voluntary services.
• Collaborate closely with local mental health teams and the KMPT Primary Care Mental Health Service to deliver joined‑up, efficient care.
• Participate in multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) meetings within the Primary Care Network.
• Support patients recently transferred back to the GP from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) Secondary Care, ensuring patients with SMI and dementia have the best possible chance to remain stable in the community.
• Carry out annual reviews and physical health checks for mental health patients in primary care, including but not limited to Dementia Annual Reviews and Serious Mental Illness (SMI) reviews.
• Signpost patients to relevant community services to support mental health recovery.
• Work with local mental health services and the KMPT Primary Care Mental Health Service, maximizing effectiveness and avoiding duplication of care.
• Attend community‑based multi‑disciplinary team meetings aligned to their Primary Care Network when required.
• Adhere to the relevant professional codes of conduct, standards of practice and policies and guidelines.
• Develop, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the service provided to practices within the Medway area.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessment, interventions, education, and discharge planning of clients referred from within the Medway area.
• Serve as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge, skill and experience in managing mental health conditions using a bio‑psychosocial approach.
• Liaise and support other health care professionals, multi‑agency professionals and third sector providers.
• Report on the delivery of the programme against agreed targets.
• Work as part of a team with other primary care nurses and the wider primary care workforce, making decisions within local policies and guidelines.
• Support recovery by proactively enabling medically‑stable individuals to move from secondary to primary care and personalise support to patient and carer needs, with documented shared care responsibilities.
• Provide support to primary care clinicians and practice staff in managing mental health conditions in primary care.
• Ensure effective navigation for patients through the various mental health systems and services, utilizing local voluntary, health and social care provision efficiently.
• Liaise with GPs to improve physical health outcomes for those with long‑term mental health conditions and mental health outcomes for those with long‑term physical health conditions.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Opportunity to join a progressive and innovative social enterprise service that is patient and staff focused, with the chance to become an MCH shareholder.
• Encouraged involvement in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• Well‑established in‑service training, one‑to‑one supervision and ongoing appraisals with regular support.
• Friendly and supportive team environment to develop your skills.
• Flexible working arrangements available to promote work‑life balance.

Additional Information

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• Choice of two pension schemes: NHS Pension scheme and the Scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID‑vaccinated to protect themselves, colleagues, families and patients.
• Potential merger with Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT); if the merger proceeds, the proposed transfer date is 30 September 2026, and this role would be subject to TUPE transfer to KCHFT.

The advert closes on Friday 1 May 2026.