Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Looking for flexible work in the NHS?

The Flexi‑Bank is a collaborative staff bank hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, offering greater choice, flexibility and access to a wider range of opportunities across both organisations.

Why join the Flexi‑Bank?

Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability

Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health, community and acute care settings

Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream

Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team

Be part of something bigger – join a growing collaborative of NHS Trusts across Surrey

Main duties of the job

Surrey and Borders is looking for someone to work within a community team based within the Woking area working in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector to facilitate whole system approach to care delivery. The Post Holder will act as Care Coordinator/Lead Professional, where appropriate, to patients who require the skills of a Mental Health Nurse, and provide a holistic, clinical autonomous nursing service, to enable individuals to engage in the best standards of care available.

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours a week

Monday to Friday

9AM to 5 PM

Work Location: Bridgewell House, Claremont Avenue, Woking GU22 7SF

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To lead the clinical management of a care package to an individual who uses our services
• To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centered healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate
• To deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills
• To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in people who use our services health
• To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, manual handling, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations
• To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these
• To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries
• To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with other professionals and agencies to enhance recovery
• To ensure prescribed physical observations are undertaken as follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and act upon exceptions appropriately
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of people who use our services
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
• To lead the care for a specified group of service users
• To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of staff