Job summary
- Main area
- Adult nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 380-SS0734
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Wide-Canterbury, Maidstone, Dartford
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Physical health and Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Matron for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Physical Health to support the Trust-wide agenda for physical health and infection control.
They will ensure changing priorities in physical care, particularly for patients with complex needs, are addressed promptly, safely, and effectively.
Acting as deputy for the Matron when required, the post holder will lead the coordination and development of high-quality physical health and IPC services across the organisation.
They will embed clinical governance principles, provide strong leadership, and empower team members while delegating responsibility appropriately to maintain safe, effective, and compliant care.
Main duties of the job
As a highly specialised member of the Physical Health and IPC team, supporting the management of patients with complex physical health needs alongside infection prevention strategies. This includes:
• Conducting risk assessments and implementing interventions to reduce infection incidence.
• Monitoring, auditing, and evaluating infection control and physical health care delivery.
• Developing and updating specialised protocols, policies, and guidance to meet evolving patient needs.
• Delivering training and education to staff on infection prevention and physical health care, including best practices for managing patients with multiple or complex conditions.
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).
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
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. And 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 doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will work closely with the Matron for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Physical Health to support the Trust-wide agenda for physical health and infection control.
They will ensure changing priorities in physical care, particularly for patients with complex needs, are addressed promptly, safely, and effectively.
Acting as deputy for the Matron when required, the post holder will lead the coordination and development of high-quality physical health and IPC services across the organisation.
They will embed clinical governance principles, provide strong leadership, and empower team members while delegating responsibility appropriately to maintain safe, effective, and compliant care.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Paediatric nurse or General Nurse with significant experience of working with children (3 years)
- Degree in relevant practice
- Specialist Infection Prevention and Control qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Specialist physical health qualifications
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven knowledge of mental health conditions and treatments
- Proven knowledge in relation to Infection prevention Control
- Ability to communicate at all levels in the organisation and with external bodies and promote Infection Control
- Able to manage workload autonomously.
- Presentation skills and computer literate
- Ability to impart knowledge and facilitate the work of others including the ability to motivate and empower professionals within the realms of Infection control.
- Driving licence
Desirable criteria
- physical health skills such as wound care, phlebotomy, diabetes management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cheryl Cramer
- Job title
- Matron for IPC anf PHysi
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557188205
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