Consultant Nurse for Urgent and Emergency Care (Mental Health)

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.

We are recruiting two Consultant Nurses within Urgent and Emergency Care. One will work in the Criminal Justice pathway, covering Forensic Services, the Provider Collaborative, Liaison and Diversion, Reconnect, the prison pathway, and PICU. The other will support Home Treatment, Liaison Psychiatry, the Single Point of Access, and Safe Havens.

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, strengthening 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.

The post holder will provide professional nursing leadership, strategic direction, supervision and expert consultancy, on all aspects of clinical nursing practice and care of people with mental health issues across the Division. The post holder will support staff and have a specific remit to develop practices and services. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries, collaborating with service users and other professionals including carers, health professionals, social workers, voluntary sector staff and local education providers.

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.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexander Jones Job title: Head of Nursing Email address: alexander.jones@sabp.nhs.uk