Registered Nurse - Mental Health/ Learning Disability

Job summary

We are looking for a dedicated Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse to join us on our Kite Unit at the South of England Rehabilitation Centre (SERC).

The Kite unit is a ten-bed neuropsychiatric rehab service for adults following an acquired brain injury, whose impairments are largely in the cognitive, behavioural, or mental health spectrum, with the aim to enable patients to rebuild their lives after a brain injury. We are proud to have been accepted on the pathway towards accreditation with the Quality Network for Neuropsychiatry Services.

You will be responsible for meeting the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. We are passionate about patient centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based care which promotes independence.

If you're interested, please get in touch for an informal visit to the unit to see how we make a difference to people's lives.

Main duties of the job

• Assess patients /clients, plan develop/implement/evaluate programmes of care and carry out nursing procedures.
• Provides direct nursing care for patient/clients to achieve best health outcomes.
• Ensures use of nursing knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients/clients/family/ health needs as well as actively promote health and wellbeing.
• Contributes to effective discharge planning and/or referral processes to health care providers and support agencies to meet identified health needs.
• Manage care of patients/clients on a day to day basis and when required manage care of all patients/clients in the absence of senior colleagues.
• Accurately documents assessments of patients/client's health status, diagnosis and response to nursing and other interventions and treatments on the Trust Clinical Records System.
• Educate and provides information to patients/clients/family to improve knowledge of disease/illness, self-management prevention of complications and promotion of recovery.
• Role models culturally safe nursing practice and able to report poor practice when observed.
• Practices in accordance with legal, ethical, culturally safe, and professional standards including the Code of practice.
• Acts as a named nurse/key worker.
• Plan and co-ordinates complex healthcare packages that are responsive to the individuals changing healthcare needs i.e. challenging behaviour, mental health and complex physical health needs.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Details

• Date posted: 29 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 348-SSW-11747
• Job locations: Western Community Hospital, Walnut Grove, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom

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.