Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 12 April 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Care Co-ordinator working within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team based at the Elms, Tatchbury Mount. The role will involve working across the South West Hampshire area. 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. There will be an opportunity to develop your skills working in a specialist team and to increase your knowledge of working with psychosis. The post holder will be from a mental health nursing background. You will need to be able to work flexibly and to demonstrate knowledge of the CPA process, risk assessment, and the recovery model. This post will involve weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis as per service user needs.

Main duties of the job

Role Purpose To provide psychiatric interventions to clients presenting with first episode psychosis and their families/carers within the South West Hampshire area, and specifically to help ensure the provision of a comprehensive service to those made most vulnerable by virtue of mental ill health

Key Activities / Responsibilities

To maintain a high standard of professional practice in the assessment of care needs, treatment and evaluation of programmes of care.

To attend and participate in C.P.A.s, and other joint meetings, to identify suitable clients for treatment. To ensure the provision of a C.P.A. for all clients.

To undertake initial team assessments of referred clients and report to the referral agents after discussion/supervision from the appropriate Team Meeting. To also undertake joint assessments with colleagues from other disciplines and agencies as and when appropriate.

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

Date posted

30 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SSW-10952

Job locations

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

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.

Staff Responsibilities

To seek and receive appropriate supervision, both clinical and at a personal/career development/level, as identified by line manager. This is to include regular reviews of caseload weighting.

To provide appropriate supervision for other members of the community team, as agreed with line manager.

To provide supervision for other agencies/professionals as agreed with line manager.

Financial Responsibilities Observes a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of your work.

Physical, Mental and Emotional Effort This post may involve management of verbal aggression and psychological distress and requires the postholder to respond appropriately and sensitively to clients and their families.

Working Conditions e.g

Driver, outdoors, VDU, - To hold a current UK driving licence and have access to own vehicle.

- To be able to operate IT and display screen equipment.

- To be aware of the risks involved in working as a lone practitioner and adhere to the agreed policy to maintain personal safety.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Level 2 and 3 Training:

Competence

1. Demonstrates skills and knowledge to contribute too and lead effectively the safeguarding Process

2 Awareness and application of a range of local/national policy and procedural frameworks when undertaking Safeguarding activity

3 Ensure service users/carers are supported appropriately to understand Safeguarding issues to maximise their decision making

4. Understand when to use emergency systems to Safeguard adults and children- know when to call for ambulance and or police intervention / contact out of hours service/ describe when emergency plans may be required and use legislation where immediate action may be required e.g Mental Health Act/Deprivation of Liberty/Child Protection

5. Maintain accurate , complete and contemporaneous records

6. Demonstrate the required level of skills and knowledge to undertake a Safeguarding Adults or Children investigation internally or as part of a multi-agency team

7. Maintain and deliver safeguarding supervision

8. Engage and participate in all safeguarding training appropriate to role

To participate/lead in the CPA and become a care manager for an identified caseload.

To formulate and implement treatment programmes and report to the referring agent on the client's progress.

To complete an accurate assessment of risk with all new clients and provide the initial management plan. All risk management plans will be reviewed and updated as appropriate.

To agree and plan final discharge providing reports for the referring agent when treatment programmes are completed, and when community team involvement is no longer considered necessary.

To support the team in carrying out physical health checks for all individuals on caseload.

To see clients within other health care settings eg. GP practice where this is felt appropriate.

To participate in the audit of clinical work to focus in particular on quality and outcome issues.

To work within the agreed policies of the Directorate/Trust ensuring that all nursing staff who work or are allocated, are familiar with and comply with their requirements, eg. Child Protection and Vulnerable Adult Policies.

To abide by the District Policy for the Control and Administration of Medicine. To keep regularly updated regarding changes in Policy and Medication.

To safely administer depot medication, where required.

To have an appropriate understanding of legislation relating to work in the psychiatric setting, and in particular the Mental Health Act 1983, and all other relevant legislation.

To provide Social Circumstances Reports for Mental Health Act Tribunals and attend as required by the Team Manager.

To work in collaboration with other mental health professionals and recognise and respect their particular contribution within the mental health team.