Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Portsmouth is seeking a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse to join their team in delivering compassionate mental health care to older adults. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Mental Health Nursing, be a registered nurse, and possess the skills to manage patient care within a multi-disciplinary environment. This permanent position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580, reflecting the importance of providing effective support to patients and their families.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with RMN qualification.
• Experience in care for older adults with mental health issues.
• Knowledge of dementia and related conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health nursing care to adults over 65.
• Evaluate and implement care within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage a caseload and supervise support workers.

Skills

Compassionate care

Mental health assessment

Team collaboration

Education

BSc Mental Health Nursing

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Practice assessor/supervisor training

Job description

Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 28 December 2025.

Our Community Older Persons Mental Health Team in Portsmouth is looking for a motivated, enthusiastic Nurse to join our friendly team, who provide skilled assessments and treatment interventions to older adults.

To be a successful applicant you need to be a Registered Nurse, preferably RMN, with experience in the care of older adults with mental health problems. You must be enthusiastic to work with older adults to provide compassionate care to patients and their families, and have knowledge of dementia and functional illness with a good understanding of physical health and frailty.

You will be required to work within the wider MDT team, implementing and evaluating care, managing your caseload, supervising Healthcare Support Workers, junior staff and students within the team. You will play an important role in our team, as we aspire to provide excellent care to our patients and strive to improve and develop our service in line with national and local guidance.

Access to a car for this role and a full driving licence is essential.

Main duties of the job

The Postholder will work within the Older Persons Community Mental health Team providing high quality mental health nursing care to adults over the age of 65 with complex mental health psychiatric conditions / dementia and those under 65 with dementia.

To meet the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved mental health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.

To develop and maintain a culture of service improvement which promotes quality and safety and striving to do better. This is in line with the requirements set out in the NMC code which require all registered nurses to prioritise people; practice effectively; preserve safety; promote professionalism and trust.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, head injury, cerebral palsy and stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

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 about Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Mental Health Nursing or RMN currently registered with NMC.
• Practice assessor/supervisor.
• Post registration, specialist training relevant to speciality.
• Access to a car and a full driving licence.

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

St. Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year (please note for part-time hours the salary will be pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Not specified

Reference number

348-PSE-9838

Job locations

St. Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)