Community Mental Health Nurse

Surrey and Borders Partnership (SABP) is looking for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join their team. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of people who use our services at Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation NHS Trust. This will also include mentoring, supervising qualified and unqualified staff while also participating in recruitment, deployment and management of staff.

General shift timings : Monday to Friday from 9AM to 5PM

Working hours : 37.5 hours Per week

Main duties of the job

• Lead the clinical management of care packages for service users.
• Coordinate, deliver, and monitor person-centered care, including physical and psychological health needs.
• Deliver therapy (including CBT) both individually and in groups.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to assess, plan, and review care.
• Ensure the provision of physical care (nutrition, hygiene, rest, activity, physical observations).
• Provide therapeutic activities and emotional support, while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Carry out and respond to clinical observations (BP, pulse, weight, blood sugars, etc.).
• Undertake risk assessments and implement risk management strategies.
• Safeguard vulnerable adults and children, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records in line with policy.
• Lead on developing, maintaining, and monitoring service standards, contributing to audits and service improvement.
• Supervise, mentor, and support staff, students, and new starters.
• Support recruitment, training, appraisals, and staff management processes.
• Ensure compliance with professional standards, Trust policies, and legal frameworks (NMC code, health & safety, confidentiality, safeguarding).

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.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Care & Therapy

Communication

Quality & Service Improvement

Risk & Safeguarding

Professional & Personal Development

Management & Leadership

Person Specification

Qualifications

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.

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