Mental Health Nurse

We are looking to recruit a Registered Mental Health Nurse to support the delivery of essential Mental Health support, assessment and treatment throughout our Residential and Nursing Homes in the city. You will use all your skills and knowledge within this diverse post to support patient experience, wellbeing, recovery, rehabilitation and End of Life.

As a team, we want to offer you a unique opportunity to work within a wider multidisciplinary team including Adult Social Care, Private Care Providers and General Practitioners.

We want to give you a safe environment to thrive and become the professional you want to be and are committed to your personal and professional development. We offer inhouse learning, apprenticeships and other qualification routes to allow you to progress in the direction you wish.

Main duties of the job

To meet 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. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient/client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.

Provide Mental Health support to the MDT, supporting staff to have a greater understanding of patient needs.

Supervise junior members of staff, students on placements.

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.

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.