Community Psychiatric Nurse

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development

Job summary

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the Sutton & Cheam Integrated Recovery Hub. The role focuses on care coordination, assessment, and crisis intervention for adults with complex health and social care needs.

You will hold RMN registration with post-registration experience, preferably in community settings, be able to work autonomously, and maintain excellent communication with the MDT and carers.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with post‑registration mental health experience, preferably in a community setting.
• Ability to demonstrate a range of clinical skills in assessment, crisis intervention and care coordination.
• Evidence of working autonomously with good written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with severe mental illness, facilitate care planning and CPA reviews.
• Lead on fundamentals of care: nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort and emotional support.
• Support risk assessment, care planning and MDT collaboration; produce reports and care reviews.
• Coordinate junior staff and the wider care team, provide direct patient care and clinical supervision.
• Escort and advocate for service users, upholding equality and diversity.

Skills

Care coordination

Assessment

Crisis intervention

Communication

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 15 November 2026

We are seeking mental health nurses to work in Sutton & Cheam Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH) as Care Coordinator/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.

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 the 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.

About us

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 varietybenefits 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.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Job 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 allincidents 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 users own experience and clinical judgment.

4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs through:Initial data collectionMonitoring of individual service user / patient progressFeedback and discussionProducing reports and in-care reviewsDevising 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 theimportance of maintaining the service users 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 fulfil 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 and other 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.

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Training and Qualification

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

Skills and Abilities

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
• Teaching ability
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
• Approachable
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework

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 teaching. e.g. lecturer practitioner/preceptorship
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff

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.

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearper annum inclusive of outer London HCAS