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Consultant Nurse for Urgent and Emergency Care (Mental Health)
The closing date is 07 April 2026
Overview
We are seeking an exceptional Consultant Nurse to lead high‑quality, evidence‑based care across our new mental health Urgent and Emergency Care pathway. This senior clinical leader will combine expert practice, education, professional leadership, and service development to improve outcomes and shape the future of urgent and emergency care across health, social care and partner agencies.
Two positions are advertised: one for the Criminal Justice pathway, covering Forensic Services, the Provider Collaborative, Liaison & Diversion, Reconnect, the prison pathway and PICU; the other for Home Treatment, Liaison Psychiatry, the Single Point of Access and Safe Havens.
Main duties
As a Consultant Nurse, you will:
- Deliver advanced, autonomous clinical practice, working directly with individuals, families and communities at least 50% of the time.
- Drive innovation to improve safety, quality and care pathways across multidisciplinary and multi‑agency settings.
- Provide expert guidance to clinicians, services and system partners, influencing strategic decisions and policy.
- Lead education, training, mentorship and professional development to strengthen the nursing workforce.
- Support service development through research, evaluation and evidence‑based practice.
This is a unique opportunity to influence system‑wide integration, elevate nursing leadership and improve outcomes for people using our services, carers, families and staff.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill‑health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Person specification
Essential
- NMC Registration
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a nursing related subject
- Extensive successful experience in a Senior Nurse role (Band 8b or above) or equivalent managerial role at a senior level within the NHS (Band 8b or above)
- Significant experience of working within inpatient mental health settings, community settings and specialist pathways
- Significant evidence of successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives to develop practice
- Evidence of managing clinical risk, assessment and case formulation of complex patients
- Nurse leadership including knowledge and skills regarding revalidation
- Detailed working knowledge of NHS practices, developing new policies across service and experience of implementing these
Desirable
- Quality improvement methodology skills
- Professional Nurse Advocacy qualification
- Willingness to work towards AC/RC statue
- Successful delivery of quality improvement initiatives
- Expertise in research methodology and evidence-based practice and implementation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust HQ18 Mole Valley Business ParkLeatherhead, SurreyKT22 7AD
Website: https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us
£66,653 to £90,880 a year (incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, per annum)
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