Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 28 December 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has a risen for a Mental Health Nurse to join the Petersfield and Bordon Community Mental Health Team. This post is open to both Qualified and Newly Qualified Nurses. If you are newly qualified, you will be supported to complete the Trust Precentorship Programme.
You will have the opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team and provide support to people with severe and enduring mental health needs, who require community support. The work is varied and interesting and there is a strong team approach ensuring good support for the successful applicant. The role requires lone working, use of initiative and a commitment to team working and service user empowerment. You will need to be able to work flexibly and to demonstrate solid experience of the CPA process, risk assessment, and the recovery model.
Regular supervision will be provided by appropriate staff member in the team.
As a team player, you'll be able to prioritise your work in order to meet deadlines and have a customer focused approach.
We are committed to ensuring the personal and professional development of our staff. We have a varied and comprehensive list of learning beyond registration courses alongside inhouse trust training and will support staff to engage in relevant, identified courses, including the established preceptorship programme
Please note that a full driving license and access to a car is essential for this role.
For an informal discussion please contact Emma Turnbull (Team Manager)
Main duties of the job
*To act as care co-ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness including organic and functional illnesses
*To undertake ongoing assessment, treatment and evaluation for service users known to the service.
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
Details
Date posted
15 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
348-PSE-9891
Job locations
Petersfield Hospital
Swan Street, Petersfield
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3LB
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Petersfield Hospital
Swan Street, Petersfield
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3LB
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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