Senior Community Older Persons Mental Health Practitioner

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

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Hampshire seeks a Senior Community Older Persons Mental Health Practitioner. This role offers the opportunity to provide expert mental health care to older adults, conducting assessments and implementing care plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should be Registered Mental Health Nurses or Social Workers with relevant experience. The position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 based on full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Experience working with older adults and mental health conditions.
• Knowledge of memory assessments and CPA processes.
• Experience in supporting safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist mental health assessments for older adults.
• Collaborate with teams to implement care plans.
• Coordinating and reviewing care under the CPA framework.

Skills

Mental health assessment skills

Communication skills

Ability to work flexibly

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker

Mentorship qualification (for nurses)

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Community Older Persons Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 05 October 2025

You can make a real impact on the mental health and well-being of older adults in Hampshire. Join a progressive, values-led team that welcomes new ideas and innovation.

While we ideally seek a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), we also welcome applications from experienced Social Workers with a strong background in mental health and dementia care.

• 5 days a week Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Havant and Waterlooville CMHT OPMH Substantive Based in Havant Health Centre
• 5 days a week Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Havant and Waterlooville CMHT OPMH 1 year Fixed Term - Based in Havant Health Centre
• 3 days a week Petersfield and Bordon CMHT OPMH Substantive Based in Chase Hospital

About the Role:

In this position, you will provide expert mental health care to older adults within the community. Responsibilities include providing specialist mental health assessments and interventions for older adults both organic and functional.

Work collaboratively with service users, carers, and other professionals to develop and implement care plans.

Support safeguarding processes and risk management.

Contribute to multidisciplinary team discussions and service development.

On a rota basis you will act as a duty triaging nurse within the team base.

Our teams are collaborative and supportive team members openly help each other, and value transparency committed to delivering high-quality person-centred care for older adults.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities:

• Conducting thorough memory assessments for older adults
• Performing initial mental health assessments and risk evaluations
• Managing duty referrals and urgent mental health concerns
• Coordinating and reviewing care plans within the CPA framework
• Supporting patients in developing strategies to maintain independence
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic care
• Providing advice and support to families and carers
• Provide supervision and mentorship to B5 nursing staff.

What We're Looking For:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• For Social Workers: Registration with Social Work England and demonstrable experience in mental health and dementia care.
• Experience working with older adults and mental health conditions
• Knowledge of memory assessments and CPA processes
• Strong communication and assessment skills
• Ability to work flexibly and respond to urgent referrals

If you are committed to making a difference in the lives of older adults and want to work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team, we would love to hear from you!

For Havant & Waterlooville please contact the Team Manager Arron Shelton on 02382318301

For Petersfield & Bordon please contact the Area Matron Ian Douglas on 07453262290

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 Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker.
• Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe

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 yearPlease note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata