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

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is looking for a Community Nurse to join their Richmond Early Intervention Service. The role involves managing a caseload of clients aged 18 to 75 experiencing serious mental health illnesses. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality clinical services. The role offers flexible working and career development opportunities. Candidates should possess a professional nursing qualification, strong decision-making skills, and a commitment to mental health care.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified with a keen interest in mental health issues.
• Ability to work autonomously and flexibly.
• Clear and coherent decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients aged 18-75 with serious mental health illnesses.
• Administer and monitor medications and side effects.
• Coordinate and evaluate patient-centered care with the MDT.
• Provide accessible information about care to patients and relatives.

Skills

Autonomous working

Decision-making skills

Collaboration with multidisciplinary team

Education

Professional Nursing Qualification

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Nurse to join our Richmond Early Intervention Service (EIS). Applicants need to be professionally qualified and committed to providing responsive and high-quality clinical services to mental health service users and their carers.

The Early Intervention Team provides a service for people with first onset psychoses between the ages of 17 and 65 years. The aim of the service is to provide intensive care using the Assertive Community Team model, to prevent relapse, reduce the number of “revolving door” admissions, ensure effective treatment for resistant symptoms, reduce the incidence of suicide, and maximise an individual’s personal and social functioning.

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team comprising of Doctors, Psychologists, Social Workers, CPNs, Occupational Therapists, Support and Recovery Workers, Employment Specialists, a Team Manager and team administration staff.

Role Summary

This role is for a Care Co‑ordinator/Key Worker to manage a caseload of clients aged between 18 and 75 who experience serious and enduring mental health illnesses, using evidence‑based, client‑centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

Responsibilities

• Acquire up‑to‑date knowledge of treatments and protocols and apply it when working autonomously.
• Work closely alongside patients and their carers as well as relevant agencies including GPs, acute hospitals, social services and voluntary support services.
• Administer and monitor the side‑effects of medication, monitor service‑user compliance and report all incidents in line with trust policy.
• Ensure the fundamentals of care are met – nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
• Coordinate and evaluate collaborative patient‑centred care, seek feedback and improve plans with the multi‑disciplinary team (MDT).
• Provide accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives/carers.
• Liaise and work positively with members of the multi‑disciplinary team and partner organisations.
• Support, teach and lead junior staff on risk assessment and risk management, making decisions based on research evidence, the individual service user and their social context, and clinical judgement.
• Maintain safe custody of medicines, sharps and clinical equipment.

Qualifications

Applicants must be professionally qualified and have a keen interest in all mental health issues. They must be able to work autonomously, exercise clear and coherent decision‑making skills and work flexibly.

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 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.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025.