Community Older Persons Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Gosport; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Older Persons Mental Health Nurse to join the Older Persons Mental Health Community Team at NHS. You will provide high-quality nursing care to adults over 65, focusing on mental health conditions such as dementia, depression, and anxiety. The role involves collaborating with local GPs and multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective care planning, promoting recovery, and reducing hospital admissions. A car is essential for home visits.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Training in risk assessment and management.
• Experience with Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Responsibilities

• Care coordination of service users within the mental health team.
• Duties include initial and follow-up assessments.
• Supervision and mentorship of junior staff and students.

Skills

Care coordination

Mental health assessment

Supervision and mentorship

Building relationships

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) qualification

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Older Persons Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 29 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Nurse or Preceptorship Nurse to join our established Older Persons Mental Health Community Team at Aerodrome House.

Your main responsibilities will include care coordination of service users, Duty Worker on rotation, initial and follow up assessments and supervision and mentorship of junior staff and students.

The post holder will be based at Aerodrome House and will need to work flexibly. You will also need to establish good working relationships with the local GPs, and other professionals.

The Community Mental Health Team is focussed on delivering a recovery service for clients with severe and enduring mental health issues.

Due to the nature of this post in order to carry out home visits and attend patient meetings a car driver is essential with access to own car.

We are interested to hear from you and what new ideas you can bring to the team.

Main duties of the job

You will work within the Older People's Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) providing high-quality mental health nursing care to adults over the age of 65 with complex mental health or those under 65 with dementia including dementia, depression, psychosis, anxiety disorders, and other psychiatric conditions.

This role will primarily be delivered in a community setting, including patients' homes, residential and nursing care homes, nurse led clinics. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and collaborate with GPs, social care, pharmacy teams, voluntary agencies, and acute and crisis services to ensure safe and effective care planning. The anticipated outcomes of the role are:

• To promote recovery, prevent relapse and reduce hospital admissions.
• To enhance quality of life and functional ability.
• To support timely and safe discharge from secondary care services where appropriate.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) qualification or equivalent professional nursing qualification with current NMC registrationTraining in risk assessment and management (or equivalent experience)Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act training (or equivalent experience of applying relevant legislation in practice)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aerodrome House

Fratergate Business Park, Aerodrome Road

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPlease note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

348-PSE-8457

Job locations

Aerodrome House

Fratergate Business Park, Aerodrome Road