# Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner/d3ce6b29-de9d-43f5-b072-5f96865cfd0b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner/d3ce6b29-de9d-43f5-b072-5f96865cfd0b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £38,682 to £46,580 a year - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T14:52:53.123Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9348-26-1365?employerCode=C9348 - **Application URL:** https://southernhealth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/11888?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary As the Lead Mental Health Practitioner, you will support the development of the mental health offer one of the South West Primary Care Networks. This will combine face to face assessment, triage, signposting and time limited psycho-social interventions with wider aspects, such as, linking in with key stakeholders, supervising members of the team, supporting recruitment and developments to meet the need of the local population. As part of the mental health team in the Primary Care Network (PCN) you will share, with us, the Trust's vision and purpose, we will, together, deliver outstanding treatment and care that improves lives. You will form part of the mental health offer and will be part of a team, reporting to the Community Matron. ### Main duties of the job To assume a leadership role and responsibility within the Mental Health Primary Care Team (MHPCT). To provide support, education and guidance of common mental health needs, their management and/or treatment, to colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, so they develop their skills and confidence. To provide line management to clinical roles in the MHPCT To provide inductions, clinical supervision, appraisal, and reviews, to clinical and practice staff within the MHPCT. To provide specialist clinical advice, consultation, and support to other care providers within primary, secondary, voluntary, and statutory services as required. To provide training to students monitoring and evaluating learning outcomes, providing feedback and assessing competencies to facilitate learning in practice. Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff in the clinical team. Act as the lead in Mental Health Clinician strategic forums between the Trust and GP Federations. Lead practice development initiatives within the team. Plan own workload and that of the evolving practice-based mental health team, managing competing demands to ensure care is delivered according to clinical priority and complies with defined indicators. Set quality standards for clinical work, monitor, and evaluate them. Report on the outcomes and propose actions plans to address any areas of concern, facilitating implementation and evaluation of agreed action plans. ### 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 ### Details - Date posted: 06 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 7 - Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year Based of full time hours - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 12 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 348-SSW-11888 - Job locations: North Baddesley Health Centre, Norton Welch Close, Flaming Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, SO52 9EP, United Kingdom ### 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 **Essential** - Current professional registration NMC/SWE/HCPC.Ability to evidence Continuing Professional Development since registration.Leadership or management qualificationClinical Supervisor.Recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) for students or must be achieved within agreed timescale. ## Documents - [JD_PS_Band 7_v2 2025 Version 2.docx (DOCX, 97 KB)](document:2981759) - [EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf (PDF, 1002 KB)](document:2981760) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.