Care Co-ordinator | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in the UK is hiring a Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse to manage caseloads of patients with forensic histories. The role includes risk assessment, collaboration with an MDT, and providing high-quality care. The ideal candidate should be a qualified RMN with a strong understanding of forensic mental health services. This position offers flexible working and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Positive work environment

Qualifications

• Sound experience in Mental Health with forensic mental health service provision knowledge.
• Demonstrated good clinical knowledge and risk assessment skills.
• Up-to-date with mandatory training as required by the NMC Code of Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with forensic histories.
• Lead and support junior staff in delivering quality nursing care.
• Administer medication and monitor compliance and side-effects.
• Evaluate collaborative patient-centred care with the MDT.

Skills

Qualified RMN or Learning Disability Nurse

Clinical knowledge and assessment skills

Risk assessment

Knowledge of forensic mental health

Teamwork

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification

Job description

The Community Forensic Outreach Service (FOS) has a vacancy for a Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse and Care Co‑ordinator. The core of the job is the management of a caseload of patients with forensic histories, acting as their care co‑ordinator and as social supervisor as appropriate. You will work alongside an MDT including Doctors, Psychologists, Recovery Workers, OTs and Social Workers.

This post holder will be engaged in effective risk assessment and management, as well as leading on engagement and interventions to support service user recovery and achievement of service user defined goals.

Specialist training will be provided for aspects of the post as necessary. Regular clinical and educational supervision will also be provided along with academic sessions as part of the weekly team programme. The team prides itself in providing a high‑quality service to people with complex mental health problems across the 5 Boroughs that the Trust serves.

As a care co‑ordinator, you will work collaboratively with other agencies, including police, MOJ, probation, housing, and residential providers, to ensure that service delivery is consistently of the highest standard, providing for safe and effective care and team support.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 judgement.
• 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.
• Co‑ordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands‑on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered, including undertaking 1‑1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non‑judgemental way.
• Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensuring that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
• Ensuring the monitoring and recording of service user clinical observations such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.

Qualifications

• Qualified RMN or Learning Disability Nurse with sound experience in Mental Health, with knowledge and experience of forensic mental health service provision, offender care and committed to team working.
• Demonstrated good clinical knowledge and assessment skills, risk assessment and sound knowledge of the Care Programme Approach.
• Up‑to‑date with all mandatory training in relation to Trust policy and current professional registration and knowledge as required by the NMC Code of Conduct.

Benefits

• We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
• 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 ‘outstanding’.
• 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 have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. Further developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

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

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025.