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

A great opportunity exists with a vacancy arising for the role of Care Coordinator in The Twickenham Integrated Recovery Hub for maternity cover. We are open to applications from Occupational Therapists, Community Psychiatric Nurses or Social Workers. The service offers support to adults aged 18-75 with a range of mental health conditions.

The successful applicant will have scope to develop as a Clinician in a multi-disciplinary team. Care Coordinators report to the Team Manager who reports to the Clinical Manager for Adult Community Services in the Borough of Richmond. The successful applicant will be clinically responsible for a caseload of up to 30 patients. They will participate in key meetings, seeking to provide high-quality services strongly focused on recovery to patients. The role requires one to attend to commissioned Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for activity and quality.

We are looking for a positive, motivated and committed individual who understands the Trust’s values and their role in creating a vibrant work culture. This post is open to those professionally registered with the HCPC, NMC or Social Work England. It is desirable for applicants to have experience of working cases of patients within a mental health community setting.

Agile and Flexible working

As one of the few Trusts in London, we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role, you will be able to complete 37.5 hours of work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work-life balance.

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. Unless expressly stated in the job advert, the 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities.
• Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
• Coordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
• Administering and monitoring the side-effects of medication; monitoring service user compliance.
• Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management.
• Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of individual service user/patient progress, feedback and discussion.
• Producing reports and in-care reviews.
• Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer and MDT.
• Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered.
• Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non-judgmental way.
• Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensuring that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
• Ensuring the monitoring and recording of service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs, and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration.
• Promoting healthy lifestyles and giving health promotion advice and support.

This advert closes on Sunday 16 Aug 2026.