Job Description

Are you passionate about reshaping mental health care? Do you believe in the power of community, collaboration with community partners and local voluntary care sector, inclusion, and peer support to transform lives? We're launching an innovative community care centre inspired by world-class models like the Trieste Mental Health Community Network, Navigo in Grimsby, and Clubhouse models in New York and Brixton. We have an incredibly exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a new community mental health pilot. This centre will hold a major national profile with NHS England who are hoping that the pilot will radically transform how we deliver mental health care in the UK. We are looking for dedicated staff to help us pioneer this revolutionary approach to care. What We Offer A Unique Care Model: Join a programme focused on community, social inclusion, and holistic recovery. Supportive Environment: Collaborate with peers, contribute to a recovery-oriented care system, and make a real difference. Development Opportunities: Be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of mental health care, with training and career growth built-in.

As a Registered Nurse you provide direct personal care to service users/ patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given by colleagues. The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centered care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a first class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.



South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, along with specialist substance misuse services. We work in close partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Few organisations globally match our breadth of expertise in mental illness, built on three pillars: care and treatment, research, and training.

SLaM employs around 5,000 staff and serves a diverse population of 1.1 million across Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark. We operate over 230 services, including inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, and community teams--providing inpatient care to 5,300 people annually and supporting over 45,000 in the community. We also deliver substance misuse services in Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich.

Joining SLaM means becoming part of a Trust with a rich legacy and global reputation. Staff benefit from extensive professional development, with over 14,000 training experiences delivered in a single year. Our collaboration with King's Health Partners offers unique opportunities to engage in cutting-edge academic research and work alongside world-leading experts in mental health.



We are seeking to employ enthusiastic candidate who has work experience of one year and above.

Key Responsibilities:

Assisting to deliver safe discharge or transfer of patient to other services, Making Referrals to: Crisis and Home Treatment Team, Other community Mental Health services, Social care, Peer support, Community support, Drug and alcohol/gambling support and Carer support. You are required to uphold professional as required by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in delivering safe care to all patient regardless of patient's gender, ethnicity, and their personal belief. To adopt a client centred approach embodied with the principles of the recovery model. To provide low intensity CBT and Mindfulness interventions under supervision. To provide psychoeducation to services users. To co-facilitate, where agreed, therapeutic groups with a focus on service user rehabilitation reintegration and social inclusion.

Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the band and nature of the post