Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Portsmouth is seeking a motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our integrated Community Mental Health Team. You will manage a caseload of adults with severe mental illness, act as Lead Professional to coordinate care, undertake comprehensive assessments and contribute to recovery-focused interventions.

The role offers partnership working with service users, carers and external agencies, with mentorship and supervision

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining professional competencies.
• Knowledge of current mental health legislation, policies and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate a caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions.
• Act as Lead Professional, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans and risk management plans.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health, risk and needs assessments.

Skills

NMC registered RMN

Excellent communication

Mentorship

Care coordination

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our integrated Community Mental Health Team in Portsmouth. In this rewarding role, you will manage a complex caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions, acting as Lead Professional to coordinate care, deliver recovery-focused interventions, undertake comprehensive assessments, and support service users to achieve their goals.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in risk assessment and management, care planning, safeguarding, service improvement, and partnership working with service users, carers, and external agencies.

You will also contribute to the development of colleagues through mentorship, supervision, and collaborative working. The ideal candidate will be an NMC-registered RMN with experience supporting people with acute or severe mental illness, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care that promotes recovery, choice, and independence.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and coordinate a caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions.
• Act as Lead Professional, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans and risk management plans.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health, risk and needs assessments.
• Deliver recovery-focused therapeutic interventions that promote independence, choice and wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers, community services and multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective care coordination.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service performance and outcome monitoring.
• Prepare professional reports and attend multidisciplinary meetings, reviews and case conferences.
• Provide mentorship, support and supervision to students, trainees and junior staff.
• Participate in safeguarding, clinical audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
• Ensure care is delivered in line with relevant legislation, professional standards, Trust policies and best practice.

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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining professional competencies.

Desirable

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current mental health legislation, policies and best practice.
• Experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health needs within community or inpatient mental health services.
• Strong assessment, risk management and care coordination skills.
• Excellent communication, organisational and multidisciplinary working abilities.
• Competent in maintaining accurate clinical records and producing professional reports.
• Mentorship, practice assessor or supervision qualification.
• Additional training in psychosocial interventions, risk assessment, safeguarding or therapeutic approaches.
• Experience of care coordination and working within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
• Knowledge of safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Programme Approach processes.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth), Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager: Dawn Thisby

Email: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

Details

Date posted: 24 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 348-PSE-12622

Job locations: St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth), Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD, United Kingdom

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.