Community Psychiatric Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust


Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Salary:	£47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAs
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW17 0YF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Jul 2026
Closing date:	13 Aug 2026

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Summary

We are currently looking for full time (37. 50 hrs) Nurse PractitionerBand 6, who is motivated and committed to a be part of a high-quality service working alongside professionals, carers and service users. This person will also need to be committed to a high quality standard for patient care.

The post holder will be based at Springfield university hospital in Tooting. There is an expectation that the post holder is able to work shifts Patterns. The candidate will be part of the multi-disciplinary team, working mostly independently. You must be able to have good communication skills, be organised and possess good time management. A car driver/owner is essential. We are committed to continuous professional development and you will receive regular supervisions to adapt to the needs of the service and to work towards PADR indicators. We are committed to delivering exemplary service and have a strong culture of training and education.

Wandsworth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team consist of a multidisciplinary, community based mental health team that aims to provide a safe and effective home-based assessment and treatment service as an alternative to in-patient admission. We can facilitate early discharge from the ward in the least disruptive and restrictive environment. We work in conjunction with, as well as integrate with other local service elements. The workload is team-based and our team members do not carry a specific caseload themselves, instead they share one as a collective unit.

The response will include assessments at MHA’s and home visits. Staff will undertake rapid assessments and then either refer or signpost to other services. Out of hours activity will be coordinated through the Mental Health support Line and responded accordingly. Wandsworth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team offer an alternate to acute psychiatric admission, and the team acts as ‘Gatekeepers’ to the acute ward and the team works closely with the Trusts in patient’s wards to help action this effectively. The Wandsworth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team helps to facilitate early discharge and provides discharge support to clients in Wandsworth and facilitating the forwarding clients on to alternative services.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

• The post holder will be a member of the Wandsworth Crisis and Home Treatment Team. The post holder will also have responsibility of working some weekend and night shifts which may entail undertaking assessments or offering support across geographical borders within South West

London.

• The main target group are people with severe mental health problems experiencing mental health crisis.

• The Wandsworth Crisis & Home Treatment Team (CHTT) is a multidisciplinary, community based mental health team that aims to provide a safe and effective home based assessment and treatment service as an alternative to in-patient admission, and for early discharge from the ward in the least disruptive and restrictive environment. It works in conjunction with, and is integrated with, other local service elements. The workload is team-based and team members do not carry

a specific caseload. Care by the team is for days or a maximum of 6 weeks but not longer.

• The Team is available to provide care and intervention 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis of a nature or degree that would require admission in the absence of the CHTT.

• The SWLSTG Mental Health Trust is required to gate keep all admissions to hospital.

• The key features of the service are that it is accessible, mobile, responds quickly and acts as the gatekeeper to in-patient services and assessments for psychiatric presentations. It offers care within a bio/psycho/social model with emphasis on symptom management, within a Recovery

and Wellbeing Model and encouraging the service user (and families) to cope and understand their crisis.

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This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Jul 2026

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