Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job Title: Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) – Crisis Team

Location: St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight

Division: Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Contract Type: Agency/Locum

Pay Rates:£27 per hour – Weekdays (06:00 – 20:00)

£32 per hour – Saturdays and Nights

£36 per hour – Sundays and Bank Holidays

Payment Options: PAYE available

Role Purpose: We are currently recruiting an experienced Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) to join the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) based at St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight. This is a vital role within the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities division, providing urgent care and support to individuals in acute mental health crisis. The CRHTT practitioner will be a key member of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering short-term, intensive interventions to service users in the community as an alternative to hospital admission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide urgent assessments and risk management for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions and care planning to stabilise service users and prevent hospital admission.
• Work closely with inpatient services, community mental health teams, primary care, social services, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in daily clinical reviews and multidisciplinary handovers.
• Maintain accurate documentation and complete all clinical records in accordance with professional standards.
• Promote a recovery-focused and person-centred approach.
• Support discharge planning and step-down care where appropriate.

Shift Pattern: This role operates on a 24/7 rota, including:

• Days
• Nights
• Weekends
• Bank Holidays

Flexibility to work across all shift types is essential to meet service demands.

Essential Requirements:

• NMC registration as a Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• Proven experience in a crisis or acute mental health setting (Band 6 level)
• Strong assessment, risk management, and decision-making skills
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for community visits (unless exempt)
• Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Enhanced DBS (preferably on the Update Service)

Desirable:

• Experience working in Crisis Resolution or Home Treatment Teams
• Knowledge of Isle of Wight community services and pathways

Benefits of Joining Service Care Solutions:

• £250 referral fee bonus for any health care professional you refer who we place in to work on a 3-month contract.
• £250 sign up bonus for any qualified professionals that register with our agency. This will be paid in your first pay packet
• Bring us your contract / Job referral - £200 bonus for bringing your existing work to us.
• All compliancy costs paid for by our agency, including DBS, Occupational Health Check, Online and Practical training
• LTD and PAYE options available
• Nationwide provider to all NHS trusts
• Multi Framework approved – Access to a large number of different services within a number of different trusts.
• Specialist consultants offering single points of contact.