Job summary
Join Our Team and Make a Difference
Are you dedicated to delivering compassionate, person-centred care in a dynamic and supportive environment? We're looking for a Mental Health Practitioners to join our dedicated team at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering intensive, home-based treatment as a viable alternative to hospital admission. You will support patients and their families at critical points in their care journey, helping reduce the need for inpatient stays and promoting recovery and independence in the community.
About You
- You'll be a registered mental health professional (e.g., RMN, Social Worker, OT) with:
- Experience working in acute or crisis mental health settings
- Excellent assessment, risk management, and clinical decision-making skills
- A flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- A strong commitment to recovery-oriented and person-centred care
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (travel across the region required)
- We are recruiting across our teams in Winchester, Basingstoke and Havant
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Main duties of the job
To ensure the provision of intensive home based treatment, as an alternative to hospital admission. 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 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 work in a 24 hour service, on a shift basis.
To undertake supervision and appraisal for a defined number of junior staff. To proactively work in accordance with the principles of social inclusion, promoting independence and recovery.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.
We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.
Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve now and in the future.
Details
- Date posted: 08 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: 348-SAC-11017
- Job locations: Cromwell House, 15 Andover Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7BT, United Kingdom
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.
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