Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Nurse for Urgent and Emergency Care (Mental Health)

The closing date is 07 April 2026

Job summary

We are seeking an exceptional Consultant Nurse to lead high-quality, evidence-based care across our new mental health Urgent and Emergency Care pathway. This senior clinical leader will combine expert practice, education, professional leadership, and service development to improve outcomes and shape the future of urgent and emergency care across health, social care, and partner agencies.

We are recruiting two Consultant Nurses within Urgent and Emergency Care. One will work in the Criminal Justice pathway, covering Forensic Services, the Provider Collaborative, Liaison and Diversion, Reconnect, the prison pathway, and PICU. The other will support Home Treatment, Liaison Psychiatry, the Single Point of Access, and Safe Havens.

As a Consultant Nurse, you will: o Deliver advanced, autonomous clinical practice, working directly with individuals, families, and communities at least 50% of the time.Drive innovation to improve safety, quality, and care pathways across multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.Provide expert guidance to clinicians, services, and system partners, influencing strategic decisions and policy.Lead education, training, mentorship, and professional development, strengthening the nursing workforce.Support service development through research, evaluation, and evidence-based practice.

This is a unique opportunity to influence system-wide integration, elevate nursing leadership, and improve outcomes for people using our services, carers, families, and staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide professional nursing leadership, strategic direction, supervision and expert consultancy, on all aspects of clinical nursing practice and care of people with mental health issues across the Division. The post holder will support staff and have a specific remit to develop practices and services. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries, collaborating with service users and other professionals including carers, health professionals, social workers, voluntary sector staff and local education providers.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

23 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,653 to £90,880 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

325-7878020-HOSP

Job locations

Trust HQ

18 Mole Valley Business Park

Leatherhead, Surrey

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description and person specification for futher information regards to the role and responsibilites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description and person specification for futher information regards to the role and responsibilites.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

NMC Registration
Master's degree or equivalent in a nursing related subject

Desirable

Quality improvement methodology skills
Professional Nurse Advocacy qualification
Willingness to work towards AC/RC statue

Essential

Extensive successful experience in Senior Nurse role (Band 8b or above) or equivalent managerial role at a senior level within the NHS (Band 8b or above)
Significant experience of working within inpatient mental health settings, community settings and specialist pathways.
Significant evidence of successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives to develop practice.
Evidence of managing clinical risk, assessment and case formulation of complex patients.
Nurse leadership including knowledge and skills regarding revalidation.
Detailed working knowledge of NHS practices, developing new policies across service and experience of implementing these.

Desirable

Successful delivery of quality improvement initiatives.
Expertise in research methodology and evidence-based practice and implementation.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

NMC Registration
Master's degree or equivalent in a nursing related subject

Desirable

Quality improvement methodology skills
Professional Nurse Advocacy qualification
Willingness to work towards AC/RC statue

Essential

Extensive successful experience in Senior Nurse role (Band 8b or above) or equivalent managerial role at a senior level within the NHS (Band 8b or above)
Significant experience of working within inpatient mental health settings, community settings and specialist pathways.
Significant evidence of successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives to develop practice.
Evidence of managing clinical risk, assessment and case formulation of complex patients.
Nurse leadership including knowledge and skills regarding revalidation.
Detailed working knowledge of NHS practices, developing new policies across service and experience of implementing these.

Desirable

Successful delivery of quality improvement initiatives.
Expertise in research methodology and evidence-based practice and implementation.

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.