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Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Portsmouth, PO3 6ADView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

11 October 2026

10 days left

Job description

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our integrated Community Mental Health Team in Portsmouth. I...

Manage and coordinate a caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions.

Act as Lead Professional, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans and risk management plans.

Undertake comprehensive mental health, risk and needs assessments.

Deliver recovery-focused therapeutic interventions that promote independence, choice and wellbeing.

Work collaboratively with service users, carers, community services and multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective care coordination.

Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service performance and outcome monitoring.

Prepare professional reports and attend multidisciplinary meetings, reviews and case conferences.

Provide mentorship, support and supervision to students, trainees and junior staff.

Participate in safeguarding, clinical audit, quality improvement and service development activities.

Ensure care is delivered in line with relevant legislation, professional standards, Trust policies and best practice.

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.

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

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration.
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining professional competencies.

Desirable

  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current mental health legislation, policies and best practice.
  • Experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health needs within community or inpatient mental health services.
  • Strong assessment, risk management and care coordination skills.
  • Excellent communication, organisational and multidisciplinary working abilities.
  • Competent in maintaining accurate clinical records and producing professional reports.
  • Mentorship, practice assessor or supervision qualification.
  • Additional training in psychosocial interventions, risk assessment, safeguarding or therapeutic approaches.
  • Experience of care coordination and working within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
  • Knowledge of safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Programme Approach processes.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

24 September 2026

Last checked

28 September 2026

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About the employer

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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