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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Community Mental Health Nurse - UCR

The closing date is 08 March 2026

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Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Nurse to join our friendly Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team based in Portsmouth.

In this role, you will work alongside patients and their families to achieve improved 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.

As a Senior Nurse, you will be responsible for working alongside the Hospital at Home (Frailty Virtual Ward) MDT, influencing clinical decisions and monitoring the quality of patient care provided through utilising and maintaining expert clinical knowledge relevant to own field of practice, underpinned by theory and expertise.

If this role interests you, please get in touch with Holly Molyneaux, Operations Manager on holly.molyneaux@nhs.net for further information.

Please note that a full driving license and access to a vehicle is a requirement for this role.

Main duties of the job

Provide mental health expertise.

Assess patients, evaluate programmes of care and carry out treatment plans.

Evaluate clinical outcomes

Contribute to effective discharge planning and/or referral processes

Apply diagnostic reasoning and professional judgement to nursing practice issues/decisions.

Manage care of patients/clients on a day to day basis

Accurately document assessments of patient health status, on the Trust Clinical Records System.

Know how to refer to the local authority adult safeguarding service.

Ensures effective collaboration and communication with multidisciplinary teams,

Actively participate in student placements and staff training within.

Maintains and develops own clinical expertise and knowledge in speciality evidence-based nursing practice and personal portfolio to demonstrate fitness to practice in line with expectations for revalidation.

Actively participate in clinical and management supervision.

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

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 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-10641

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Job description

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

Job description

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *BSc Nursing RGN/RMN currently registered with NMC.
  • *Post registration, specialist training relevant to speciality.
  • *Practice assessor/supervisor

Desirable

  • *Teaching Qualification eg. ENB 998 or equivalent
  • *Dual trained

Experience

Essential

  • Experienced in assessing and developing patient care plans.
  • Experienced in developing and delivering care and clinical interventions to patients.
  • Experience of MDT working.
  • Experience of teaching, training and supervision/assessing junior staff and students.
  • Evidence of recent CPD.
  • Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written skills)
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of nursing procedures
  • Ability to manage acutely unwell patients with appropriate escalation
  • Reliable and flexible
  • Ability to work well in stressful situations
  • Ability to advocate patient issues, liaise with MDT and Mental Health Services.

Desirable

  • Community Experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *BSc Nursing RGN/RMN currently registered with NMC.
  • *Post registration, specialist training relevant to speciality.
  • *Practice assessor/supervisor

Desirable

  • *Teaching Qualification eg. ENB 998 or equivalent
  • *Dual trained

Experience

Essential

  • Experienced in assessing and developing patient care plans.
  • Experienced in developing and delivering care and clinical interventions to patients.
  • Experience of MDT working.
  • Experience of teaching, training and supervision/assessing junior staff and students.
  • Evidence of recent CPD.
  • Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written skills)
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of nursing procedures
  • Ability to manage acutely unwell patients with appropriate escalation
  • Reliable and flexible
  • Ability to work well in stressful situations
  • Ability to advocate patient issues, liaise with MDT and Mental Health Services.

Desirable

  • Community Experience

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Holly Molyneaux

holly.molyneaux@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 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-10641

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


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