Senior Practitioner

NHS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust seeks a Senior Practitioner to join their team in Basingstoke. The role focuses on managing a caseload of patients through recovery, emphasizing patient-centered care. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications, including a nursing background and experience in clinical supervision, to support the diverse community needs. This position offers flexible working hours, professional development opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Mental Health Practitioner required.
• Clinical supervision training is necessary.
• Experience in mentorship and interpersonal skills is essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as Care Co-Ordinator to support patient recovery.
• Manage a caseload of patients through their healing journey.
• Collaborate with service partners for comprehensive care.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Motivation

Organizational Skills

Education

Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner or O.T.

Clinical supervision training

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Practitioner

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 clinician looking to work as a care co-ordinator? Then look no further! Come join our team in Basingstoke CMHT Meadows.

This role is to manage a caseload of patients through recovery to discharge, signposting back to the community.

Working 9-5pm (Can be flexible hours). Regular supervision and opportunities off training and further education.

A chance to develop your skill set and share your knowledge and experience with the team.

Main duties of the job

To act as a Care Co-Ordinator and support patients in the recovery. To ensure patients can be at the heart of their own care planning, ensuring collaborative care plans and risk assessments. With close working with carers, service partners and the voluntary sector.

To assess patients who have been referred to the CMHT.

To work as part of an MDT to ensure the most appropriate care.

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.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner or O.T.
• *Clinical supervision training

Experience

• *Highly developed communication skills
• *Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding
• *Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy)
• *Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks
• *Ability to motivate service users
• *Ability to work autonomously
• *Provide clinical supervision
• *Experience of mentorship in practice
• *Working knowledge of the application of the appropriate professional Code of Conduct
• *Management of aggression and manual handling training

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

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearBased on full time hours