Care Co-ordinator / Community Psychiatric Nurse

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative and rapidly growing organization is seeking a dedicated Care Coordinator/Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their team. This role involves managing a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs, providing high-quality care through assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination. The Trust is committed to delivering exceptional service and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. Join a team that values compassion, collaboration, and respect, and be part of a mission to make life better for those experiencing mental health challenges.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Career Development Opportunities

Supportive Working Environment

Training and Education Programs

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse with post-registration experience.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage caseloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with severe mental illness.
• Facilitate care planning and provide regular CPA reviews.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Crisis Intervention

Care Coordination

Assessment Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Care Co-ordinator / Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Integrated Recovery Hub Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 294-COMM-7176732-JB-A

Site Jubilee Health Centre Town Wallington Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 11/05/2025 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are seeking mental health nurses to work in Carshalton & Wallington Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH) as Care Co-ordinator/Community Psychiatry Nurse.

We provide service to adults with complex health and social care needs using the recovery model.

You will be a registered mental health nurse with post registration mental health experience, preferably within a community mental health setting. We would consider someone without community experience if they can demonstrate the right aptitude and ability. You will be someone with a range of clinical skills in assessment, crisis intervention and care coordination.

We offer a supportive working environment, with a visible and accessible management team. Supervision is a priority as we pride ourselves in supporting staff to meet the needs of the patient and we are committed to delivering an exemplary service with a strong culture of training and education.

Main duties of the job

The role involves the management of a caseload of patients diagnosed with a range of severe and enduring mental illness. You would need to demonstrate the ability to facilitate care planning with individual patients which includes their mental, physical, and social care needs; recovery goal setting; and providing regular Care Programme Approach (CPA) reviews. The post involves working closely with other teams and services within the borough, the Trust, our partner agencies, and non-statutory organizations; writing social circumstances reports for mental health review tribunals and attending reviews.

You will be committed to working creatively to provide a community service for people experiencing mental health problems. You will be well organized, able to work autonomously, have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be a team player. The team works closely with Sutton and Cheam Integrated Recovery Hub and t he post also requires you to represent duty across both teams on a regular basis. You must hold a full driver’s license and have access to your own vehicle.

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:
Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting
feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all
incidents following trust policy.
3. Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.
4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs through:
Initial data collection
Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
Feedback and discussion
Producing reports and in-care reviews
Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer and MDT
5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include:
Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non-judgmental way.
Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the
importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and family/carers.
Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.
Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities andother activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.
6. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
7. Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Person specification

Training and Qualification

• Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

Knowledge & Skills

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
• Clinical supervision skills
• Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Research and audit skills
• Report writing skills

Experience

• Experience of researchbased/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience as a preceptor / mentor
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
• Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit.
• Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
• Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer practitioner/preceptorship
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3 rd party e-recruitment system
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.