Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 15 March 2026
Job summary
Our friendly and dynamic Older Person's Community Mental Health Team are looking for a talented and motivated Mental Health Nurse to join us in delivering high quality care to our service users and families.
We aspire to provide excellent services, with person-centred care and recovery-focused interventions for our service users. We have an established, experienced and supportive team who you would work with and who can provide the necessary framework to sustain and develop your skills and interests. Our workload is varied and includes the Memory Assessment and In-Reach pathways.
We are looking for either an experienced Band 5 or Band 6 Mental Health Nurse who is keen to work with older adults with mental health needs in the community. They will be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of organic and functional mental illness as well as having some knowledge of physical health problems. They will also be expected to contribute to the wider working of the team, which would be participating in the duty system and supervising more junior staff.
Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
Main duties of the job
To act as care co-ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
To participate within the multi-disciplinary professional team in the relevant care group to deliver safe patient care.
To work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the patient's individual health needs are met.
Understand evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group to include education, clinical care, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.
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
03 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SSW-10536
Job locations
Newtown House
2a and 2b Newtown Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9DB
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newtown House
2a and 2b Newtown Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9DB
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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