Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

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 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: 08 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39.96 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-SAC-11491
• Job locations: Tatchbury Mount, Calmore, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 2RZ, 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.