Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider invites applications for the role of Mental Health Practitioner in Eastleigh. The position supports local populations with mental health difficulties and requires a registered nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker. You will deliver compassionate services, work with various Primary Care Networks, and be responsible for patient assessments and advice. This role offers a salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 annually, and encourages applications from candidates who require flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified registered mental health nurse, social worker, or occupational therapist.
• More than 2 years' experience of working with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Clinical supervision training is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and support to local Primary Care Teams.
• Carry out triaging and initial assessments in various settings.
• Maintain clinical knowledge through training and practice.

Skills

Clinical supervision training

Mentorship course/evidence of CPD

Working with clients with severe mental health needs

Ability to fulfil travel requirements

Education

Qualified as registered mental health nurse, social worker, or occupational therapist

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 04 January 2026

This is an exciting, and innovative post to support the needs of the local population living with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. We are looking for a registered nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker to take a central role in the development of the mental health offer in one of our/across Primary Care Networks (PCN). Through the delivery of excellent, compassionate services to promote the recovery and well-being of patients, carers and families.

You will be an integral part of our team, which is well-established, friendly, and committed to prioritising patient centred practice.

You will be available to work across different sites as required, with supportive inductions to new sites and the support of colleagues at those bases.

Main duties of the job

• You will work in a multi‑agency way supporting the interface between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services, to provide specialist advice and support, assessment, treatment, education and solution‑focused approaches to the local Primary Care Teams.
• You will be professionally accountable and responsible for patient care.
• Triaging and undertaking initial assessment of presenting need and risk, signposting to appropriate services, or providing time‑limited psycho‑social therapeutic interventions directly, in GP surgeries, patient's homes and other primary care settings.
• Providing clinical advice to GPs such as specialist opinion, this will contribute to the safe and effective day to day operation of the PCN and the efficient and timely management of clinical enquiries and decision‑making.
• Represent patient need at multi agency meetings.
• Joint work with other agencies to meet patient need.
• Maintain clinical knowledge and skills by attending training and applying this in practice to support the development of the team.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified as a registered mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist
• Mentorship course / evidence of CPD
• Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post
• Clinical supervision training
• More than 2 years' experience of working with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, based on full time hours.