Job summary

Are you a passionate and experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our team on a 9-month fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting individuals with complex mental health needs, working collaboratively with service users, carers, families and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, person-centred care that promotes recovery, independence and wellbeing.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will provide specialist assessments, develop and implement care and recovery plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions tailored to the needs of the service user group. You will work in partnership with individuals and their support networks to help people achieve their recovery goals and lead fulfilling lives.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong clinical leadership skills and a commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care. You will provide specialist advice and support to colleagues, contribute to service development, and help drive continuous improvements in practice.

Main duties of the job

To provide comprehensive assessment of mental health specific to needs of service area.

To manage a caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs and undertake case management/lead professional / CPA as needed.

To be able to communicate with and meet the needs of families and carers as appropriate to the care group and the individual client.

To have experience of and specialist knowledge on interventions to be able to lead in clinical area.

To receive management supervision from the Team Manager or equivalent.

To demonstrate excellent communication skills.

To establish professional links with other care groups and professionals.

To work with other agencies to gain the best person-centred outcomes for the individual.

To utilise specialist knowledge to provide specialist training and advice to other professionals, students, and agencies.

To manage and supervise other members of the team.

To chair meetings and provide cover for the Team Manager as needed.

To organise consultation groups and to facilitate reflective practice for staff to promote skills and development of team.

To support staff and students through preceptorship/mentorship.

To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities.

For a full list of roles/responsibilities please see attached Job Description. Please review this thoroughly prior to application.

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