Clozapine & Depot Clinic Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Community Psychiatric Nurse to lead our Clozapine and Depot Clinic. The role is based in the Merton Wilson Wellbeing Clinic in Mitcham and requires autonomous working alongside a nursing associate to plan and coordinate the Clozapine & Depot clinic. The post holder won’t hold a specific caseload but will lead the Depot Clinic on Monday & Wednesday, and the Clozapine Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday. Friday is an administrative day.

Applicants should have post-qualification experience within a mental health setting, ideally within a community team, alongside a solid understanding of antipsychotic medication and its administration in the community. You will need to be flexible, motivated, and able to work autonomously.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to work collaboratively, think creatively, and apply problem-solving approaches in practice. A commitment to multidisciplinary and partnership working is key, including building effective links with the Recovery College and a range of voluntary, statutory, and independent sector organisations.

This role plays a key part in improving patient health outcomes by providing stability, continuity of care, and high-quality clinical oversight. The postholder will be expected to work competently in physical health monitoring and ensure safe, effective clinical practice within the clinic setting. While prior experience in clozapine and depot monitoring is desirable, we recognise that this is a specialist area. We are committed to supporting staff to develop into the role, including providing training and supervision once a foundational understanding of the core principles of clozapine and depot monitoring is established.

Successful applicants will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and be based in the clinic with primary support from Nursing Associates and the Borough Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Although there is no allocated caseload, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring that all patients attending the clinic are appropriately risk assessed, receive their medication safely, and that any urgent concerns are identified and escalated promptly.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

1. To take blood samples from patients ensuring consent is obtained before undertaking the procedure.

2. Ensure that blood samples are analyzed using the PocHi and where required sent to the laboratory within specified time scales.

3. Managing blood results and take actions needed when results are outside normal parameters, following policy and national guidance.

4. To escalate concerns around service users’ physical health to the GP, MDT, and onsite pharmacist.

5. To escalate any concerns regarding IT failure and or the running of the clinic.

6. Managing clozapine applications like ZTAS and reporting issues to IT or managers when systems fail.

7. Ensure venipuncture is undertaken safely and in line with Infection Control Procedures.

8. Assess the general wellbeing of patients attending the clinic and discuss any concerns with relevant practitioners including pharmacy.

9. Provide physical and mental health monitoring and interventions in line with NICE guidelines such as ECG’s.

10. Maintain regular contact with the pharmacy dept ensuring they are aware of patients who have not attended clinic.

11. Ensure that the clinic is fully stocked with the necessary forms, consumables, sundries and equipment.

12. Take responsibility for checking the cleaning, of all equipment and medications used in the clinic.

13. Ensure all equipment is safe and in working order.

14. Ensure that service users and carers are treated with dignity and respect.

15. To provide teaching and training to student nurses allocated to the Community Team.

16. To respond, sometimes at short notice, to requests to see patients either individually, or jointly with other team members (e.g. when a patient who is unwell or non-compliant with medication).

This advert closes on Monday 1 Jun 2026