Care Co-ordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Band 6 Care Co-ordinator role is for a passionate nurse to support patients receiving clozapine and intramuscular (depot) medication in the community. The successful applicant will have overall responsibility for providing this essential clinic to patients within the London Borough of Merton. The role involves physical health monitoring, managing blood results, and ensuring continuity of care. It also offers opportunities for professional development and teaching.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated experience of working with people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness.
Desirable criteria
- Phlebotomy training
- Previous experience of working with service users on Clozapine
- Education and Qualification
- RMN (current NMC registration)
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to assess clinical situations quickly and use initiative
- Good time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Good IT skills
- Research and audit skills
- Demonstrated experience of working with people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness.
- Phlebotomy training
- Previous experience of working with service users on Clozapine
- Education and Qualification
- RMN (current NMC registration)
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to assess clinical situations quickly and use initiative
- Good time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Good IT skills
- Research and audit skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Care Co-ordinator
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
A great opportunity exists with a vacancy arising for the role of Care Coordinator in The Richmond Integrated Recovery Hub the We are open to applications from Community Psychiatric Nurses - tailored to clozapine and Depot administration. 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 reports the Team Manager who reports to the Clinical Manager for Adult Community Services in the Borough of Richmond.
Main duties of the job
This Band 6 posts offers an opportunity for a passionate nurse who is versatile to support patients who are receiving clozapine and intramuscular (depot) medication in the community. If successful you will have overall responsibility in providing this essential clinic to patients within the London Borough of Merton.
This post makes a difference to our patients and provides the stability and continuity of care required. You will need to have experience of providing physical health expertise of monitoring side effects and demonstrating parity of esteem.
It also provides the opportunity for the development of students and colleagues in the administration and manage
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