Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Gosport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in England seeks a Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner to coordinate care for complex cases of severe mental illness. The role involves working within a supportive Community Mental Health Team, formulating definitive care plans, and ensuring service user empowerment and recovery-focused interventions. The position requires qualifications as a Nurse or Mental Health Practitioner and experience in community settings, providing a competitive salary range between £38,682 and £46,580.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse or Mental Health Practitioner.
• Experience in a community mental health setting is essential.
• Must possess a recognised Mentorship qualification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for a complex caseload with severe mental illness.
• Formulate care plans in line with identified needs.
• Monitor mental health needs and adjust care plans accordingly.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Mental Health Practitioner

Experience in community mental health

Leadership skills

Education

Recognised Mentorship qualification

Job description

Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

The Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner will work as a core member of the Community Mental Health Team to co‑coordinate the care of a complex caseload of service users, supervising Band 5 Community Practitioners and Band 3 Community Healthcare Support Workers where appropriate.

Working under the supervision of the Deputy Team Manager/Team Manager the practitioner will formulate care and risk‑management plans in accordance with identified need and ensure that these are recovery‑focused and developed in collaboration with the service user and, where appropriate, their relative and carer.

Main duties of the job

To effectively co‑coordinate the care of a complex caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.

To undertake initial assessments where this is clinically appropriate.

To formulate care plans in line with identified need.

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

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

To work in collaboration with service users as experts in their own care, promoting the principles of recovery, choice and personalisation, which value and empower the service user.

To use tools which promote user empowerment e.g. Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), Recovery Star.

To be proactive in ensuring service users receive the range of interventions they need in line with their care plan, whether or not the post holder provides those interventions. This will include physical health monitoring.

To have a proactive approach to the role and needs of carers / families.

To be proactive in monitoring mental health needs and respond in a timely fashion if needs change, adjusting the care plan accordingly.

To participate fully in caseload supervision and management, to ensure that care plans are matched to need.

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. 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 Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner.
• Recognised Mentorship qualification.
• Experience of working in a community mental health setting.
• Leadership training/qualification.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year. Please note for part‑time hours the salary will be pro‑rata.