Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
30 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working and supporting patients and families, managing difficult and challenging mental health conditions including behavioural and psychological side effects of dementia, and patients who are nearing end of life.
- Experience
Experienced in mental health assessment.
- Experience
Experienced in developing care plans, delivering care and clinical interventions.
- Experience
Experience of Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Experience
Evidence of recent CPD.
- Experience
Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources.
- Experience
Ability to prioritise workload and work autonomously, instruct and direct others; work is managed, not supervised.
- Experience
Experience in dealing with managing emotional issues.
- Experience
Clinically competent at Band 6 level.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training, supervising and assessing skills.
- Experience
Treat patients with dignity, compassion and respect always.
- Experience
Be non-judgemental and inclusive, respecting diversity in background, culture and beliefs.
- Experience
Working with patients in their own homes and care / nursing home environment.
- Experience
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Experience
Ability to receive and provide complex information which may be sensitive / contentious, where negotiation may be required and there could be barriers to understanding.
- Experience
Assess, develop and implement care plans and respond to deterioration in mental health or increased risk.
- Experience
Using judgement when assessing and evaluating mental health conditions and progress.
- Experience
Work as part of a team and support the development of others.
- Experience
Patient Advocacy skills.
- Experience
Problem solving skills.
- Experience
Manual Handling knowledge and skills.
- Experience
Ability to adapt to changes in the work situation.
- Experience
Understanding of the health needs of people in their care and health promotion.
- Experience
Awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area.
- Experience
Understanding of a range of clinical approaches.
- Experience
Requirement to work in or manage unpleasant working conditions / environments e.g. body fluids
- Qualifications
BSc Mental Health Nursing or Registered Mental Health Nurse currently registered with NMC.
- Qualifications
Practice assessor/supervisor.
- Qualifications
Post registration, specialist training relevant to specialty.
- Qualifications
Access to a car and a full driving licence
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Qualified - Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience
Job summary
Older Persons Mental Health Team in Portsmouth are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic practitioner to join our friendly team, who provide skilled assessments and treatment interventions to the older adult.
To be a successful applicant you will need to be a registered nurse, preferably RMN, with experience in the care of older adult with mental health problems. You must be enthusiastic inworking with older adults to provide compassionate care to patients and their families and have knowledge of dementia and functional illness with a good understanding of physical health and frailty.
You will be required to work within the wider MDT team, implementing and evaluating care, managing your caseload, supervising HCSWs, junior staff and students within the team.
You will play an important role in our team, as we aspire to provide excellent care to our patients and strive to improve and develop our service in line with national and local guidance.
Access to a car for this role and a full driving licence is essential.
At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
Main duties of the job
The Postholder will work within the Older Persons Community Mental health Team providing high quality mental health nursing care to adults over the age of 65 with complex mental health psychiatric conditions / dementia and those under 65 with dementia.
To meet the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved mental health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient/client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.
To develop and maintain a culture of service improvement which promotes quality and safety and striving to do better. This is in line with the requirements set out in the NMC code which require all registered nurses to Prioritise people; Practice effectively; Preserve safety; Promote professionalism and trust.
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: 01 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on full time hours
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 348-PSE-12292
- Job locations: St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth), Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD, 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Senior Community Mental Health Nurse with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Portsmouth, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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