Community Mental Health Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hordle; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate Mental Health Nurse to join their Older Persons Mental Health Team. This role involves providing care to patients within the New Forest, focusing on both organic and functional illnesses. The ideal candidate will coordinate care, work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, and contribute to the development of care pathways. Flexible hybrid working options are available to support work-life balance and foster a rewarding environment for staff development.

Qualifications

• Passion for working in Older Persons Mental Health.
• Experience in community mental health care.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Act as care co‑ordinator for service users with severe mental illness.
• Participate in the multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe patient care.
• Formulate care plans and utilise suitable assessments.

Job description

Overview

Are you a Mental Health Nurse who has a passion to work within OPMH and want to join a friendly team to do this?

The New Forest West Older Persons Community Mental Health Team is based at South Efford House. As a community mental health practitioner your journey will take you around the beautiful New Forest and along the coast delivering high quality care and interventions to our patient group.

There is an opportunity to work within our CMHT pathway working with both organic and functional illness, in reach within our local care homes and nursing homes, and also work within our memory assessment service. If you have a keen interest in any of these areas, then now is the time to join and influence the development and delivery of these pathways to help shape the future excellent standard of care for our patients and their carers.

The supportive leadership team promote the development of our services to provide the best outcomes for our patients and we know that to achieve this we need to invest in our staff through creating a good working environment and providing training opportunities. We are also open to flexible ways of working with hybrid working (a mix of face to face and online/telephone assessments) available to help balance your work and homelife.

Responsibilities

• To act as care co‑ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
• To participate within the multi‑disciplinary professional team in the relevant care group to deliver safe patient care.
• To be an active participant in the multi‑disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
• To work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the patient’s individual health needs are met.
• Understand evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group to include education, clinical care, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.
• To participate in regular clinical, professional, and managerial supervision.
• To supervise junior staff.

About the Trust

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high‑quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.