B5 Mental Health Practitioner

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Godalming; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a community mental health nurse to join the Brief Intervention Waverley Neighbourhood Team. You will work in GP surgeries and the community, delivering specialist assessments, interventions and ongoing support to patients.

You will act as a Lead Professional where appropriate, ensuring high-quality care that promotes recovery and wellbeing. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to develop clinical

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to assess and manage mental health risk.
• Experience working in community settings and GP surgeries.
• Ability to lead professional care for complex needs.
• Strong collaboration with patients, carers, families and GPs.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments and risk assessments.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing interventions and treatment plans.
• Act as a Lead Professional for individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Work collaboratively with patients, carers, families, and partner agencies and GPs.
• Promote recovery-focused and person-centred care.
• Contribute to safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance requirements.
• Support service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate good communications skills and ability to work in a multi-agency team.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Community health care

Risk assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

NMC registered nurse

Nursing degree

Tools

Communication skills

Job description

Brief Intervention Waverley Neighbourhood Team are seeking an enthusiastic community mental health nurse to join the team. As a member of the brief intervention service, you will work within a neighbourhood team, within GP surgeries and in the community, partnering with statutory, voluntary, and community sector organisations to deliver a coordinated, person-centred approach to care. The successful candidate will provide specialist mental health assessment, intervention, treatment, and ongoing support to patients within GP surgeries and community settings. You will act as a Lead Professional, where appropriate, ensuring high-quality care that promotes recovery, independence, and wellbeing. You will be supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to further develop your clinical knowledge and leadership skills.

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments and risk assessments.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing interventions and treatment plans.
• Act as a Lead Professional for individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Work collaboratively with patients, carers, families, and partner agencies and GPs.
• Promote recovery-focused and person-centred care.
• Contribute to safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance requirements.
• Support service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate good communications skills and able to work collaboratively within a multi-agency team.
• Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
• Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

About the Trust

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.