Senior Mental Health Nurse

Senior Mental Health Nurse — Community (Dual Diagnosis & Addictions)

Full-time|London|Community Mental Health Nursing Team

Mind Unity is a community-based mental health provider delivering high-quality, CQC-regulated nursing care, with a specialist focus on dual diagnosis and addictions. Our services span in-clinic and community nursing visits, structured home detox programmes, and tailored wraparound care packages designed around each individual's needs. We combine strong clinical expertise with compassionate, person-centred care, underpinned by evidence-based practice and flexible service delivery, to support safe and effective treatment.

Our team works collaboratively to provide consistent, recovery-focused support across diverse community settings.

As Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will provide advanced clinical assessment, treatment planning, and ongoing mental health nursing care to individuals with complex needs, including dual diagnosis and addictions. You'll conduct in-clinic and community visits, oversee home detox programmes, administer and monitor medication, and coordinate multidisciplinary care plans. You'll also supervise and support junior staff, contribute to clinical governance, and ensure adherence to CQC standards and evidence-based protocols.

You’ll work closely with our clients, their families, and partner agencies to deliver timely, person-centred, recovery-focused care.

• Strong Mental Health Nursing skills, with experience in community-based or acute mental health settings
• Solid knowledge of mental health care and psychiatry, including assessment, risk management, and evidence-based interventions
• Medication administration and physical health monitoring skills in a mental health context
• Excellent communication and therapeutic engagement skills, with the ability to build trust and maintain professional boundaries
• Strong care planning, documentation, and electronic health record skills, with good organisational and time-management abilities
• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) qualification with current NMC registration (essential); training in addictions, dual diagnosis, or community mental health is highly beneficial
• Experience supervising others, contributing to service development, or participating in audit/quality improvement (desirable)
• Willingness to work flexibly across community and clinic settings in London, with a commitment to non-discriminatory, person-centred practice and safeguarding