Community Psychiatric Nurse | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in London seeks a Community Psychiatric Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care and support community members aged 18-65 with mental health needs. The ideal candidate will manage a caseload, conduct assessments, and maintain links with various organizations. Excellent benefits, flexible working options, and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Generous pay and pensions

Flexible working options

Career development support

Car lease benefits

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Completed preceptorship required.
• Must maintain links with various organizations.
• Experience with mental health needs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care.
• Provide community-based assessment and treatment.
• Manage a caseload of clients with mental health issues.

Skills

Registered Nurse

NMC mentor

Mental health assessment

Evidence-based interventions

Flexibility

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

This role is suitable for Registered Nurses who have successfully completed preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor. The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

The Post Holder will provide community-based assessment, treatment, and care for people, aged 18-65, who have a history of offending, and who have mental health needs.

The post holder will aim to provide a flexible, responsive and pro-active programme of care and support for the service users and their carers. you will be required to develop and maintain links across a wide variety of statutory and non-statutory organisations such as Probation, MAPPA, social services, Jigsaw, Hostels and other voluntary and non-voluntary services. You will also be involved in specialist mental health assessments and the application of evidence based psychosocial interventions.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the Southwark Community Forensic Team. We are looking to find a dynamic, creative, forward thinking and hard-working nurse to work within our friendly team.

The Post Holder will work as a member of a borough based Forensic Community Team and will manage a reasonable caseload of clients with offending history and mental health problems.

The post holder will aim to provide a flexible, responsive and pro-active programme of care and support for the service users and their carers. you will be required to develop and maintain links across a wide variety of statutory and non-statutory organisations such as Probation, MAPPA, social services, Jigsaw, Hostels and other voluntary and non-voluntary services. You will also be involved in specialist mental health assessments and the application of evidence based psychosocial interventions.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

· Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

· Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

· Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

· Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

· Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

· NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of
activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the
organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder on a regular basis. You may be required to work at other locations within the Trust as determined by the duties of your post.

You may be required to undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover. This job description describes responsibilities, as they are currently required. It is anticipated duties will change over time and the job description may need to be reviewed in the future.


This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025