Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner capable of providing high-standard, community-based care for those experiencing acute mental illness. The role entails a mix of home treatment and office-based responsibilities, ensuring smooth transitions of care and supporting staff development in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Access to ongoing training and professional development

Support for staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Qualified practitioner with necessary certifications.
• Experience in mental health recovery-focused care.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive home-based treatment and assess care needs.
• Lead and mentor junior staff, ensuring quality care delivery.
• Facilitate communication among community treatment teams.

Skills

Leadership

Mental health assessment

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification in Mental Health

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Are you passionate about providing high standard care to those experiencing acute mental illness in the community? Would you like to make a real difference to people and make an exciting move in your career?

We have a fantastic and rare opportunity for a practitioner to join our friendly, dynamic, and busy multi-disciplinary team. We provide comprehensive assessment and intensive home treatment which involves high quality and recovery focused care to adults experiencing a mental health crisis. We offer an alternative to hospital admission and support with early discharge and therefore work closely with our inpatient and community team colleagues to ensure an effective transition of care across the pathway. You can expect to work for a robust, well-established team with strong values in a positive working environment. We are heavily community based and cover the beautiful New Forest National Park and surrounding areas. You will have the chance to develop your leadership skills, access exciting training opportunities and enhance your knowledge of psychological interventions. As a team we prioritise staff wellbeing and progression and offer regular supervisions, reflective practice and in house education sessions.

We offer a 24/7 service, 365 days a year however we are looking for a motivated and highly skilled practitioner to work between 8am and 10pm.The role involves a mixture of being office based, remote working and working out in the community. We are happy to discuss flexible working.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the provision of intensive home based treatment, as an alternative to hospital admission, providing a 24 hour service across the acute care pathway; To work proactively in accordance with the principles of social inclusion, promoting independence and recovery.

To undertake ongoing assessment, implementation and evaluation of care needs of a changing caseload of service users within their home environment.

To work closely with the inpatient units ensuring the effective transition of care across the acute pathway.

Ensuring the regular attendance at ward rounds, professionals meetings to identify service users who may benefit from the Hospital at Home Service.

Liaise closely with Community Treatment Teams ensuring the safe discharge of service users following a period of treatment with the Hospital at Home Service.

To work as a lead practitioner in managing the shift and a flexible, team based caseload

To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.

To lead the care for a specified group of service users.

To undertake supervision and appraisal for a defined number of junior staff.

To work with other members of the multi-agency team to plan, monitor and review the effectiveness of the risk management plan.

To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and carers, visitors, staff and accurately record all contacts with service users in case notes in line with the Trust's record keeping policy.

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

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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.

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