Mental Health Practitioner - AP

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Winchester is seeking a skilled Mental Health Practitioner to manage a caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness. The ideal candidate will possess a qualification as a Registered Mental Nurse and have experience in supervision and care coordination. They will provide therapeutic interventions and lead a small team, focusing on holistic recovery-focused care. This position offers flexible working opportunities to enhance work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with a professional body (RMN).
• Experience in management of caseload in mental health.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as care coordinator for service users with severe mental illness.
• Supervise a small team within the Community Treatment Team.
• Conduct assessments and formulate care plans.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Team supervision

Assessment skills

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Mentorship course

Full driving license

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner - AP

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 December 2025

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and innovative Band 6 Psychiatric Nurse to join our CMHT. Winchester CMHT is a dynamic, nurturing, and supportive team with excellent peer support and regular supervision. You will manage a reasonable-sized caseload of service users, covering shared care and carrying out assessments. You will be involved in training, mentoring and supervising new and unregistered staff as well as providing excellent front‑line clinical care.

Winchester CMHT provides compassionate, kind and recovery‑focused care to our patients, carers and their families. You will need to be able to work autonomously in the community and use your own initiative. The successful candidates will have sound clinical skills, administration and IT skills including be able to type. You will also need excellent assessment and communication skills. There will be a range of shadowing/training opportunities to introduce you to the care coordination role and you will need to work alongside other agencies to promote holistic recovery‑focused care.

Main duties of the job

To act as care coordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.

To supervise the work of a small team of practitioners within the wider Community Treatment Team.

To undertake ongoing assessment, treatment and evaluation for service users known to the Service.

To deputise for the Team Leader as required.

To work in a flexible hour’s service (this includes being on a staff rota providing services outside of office hours and at weekends and bank holidays).

To coordinate the care of an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.

To provide clinical supervision and caseload management to junior colleagues.

To formulate care plans in line with identified need.

To provide therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk assessment.

To assess risk, develop risk management plans, review, and adjust in line with the service user’s needs.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high‑quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

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

• Registered with Professional Body, (RMN)
  Computer skills
  Must be able to type
  Mentorship course/ evidence of CPD
  Full driving licence and the ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post

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