Mental Health Practitioner

**The closing date is 21st Dec 2025**-
**Job summary**:

- We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, creative, positive and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Service on the Isle of Wight.
- This is an exciting time to join CMHS as we have started working in a locality model, working more closely with physical health services to best support our communities in an integrated and multidisciplinary way.
- You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team managing a caseload of people with complex mental health needs and offering evidence based interventions.
- The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with severe mental health problems in the community.
- The post holder will also undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the Team Leader on clinical issues such as therapeutic approaches and care co ordination. The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
- **Main duties, tasks & skills required**:

- To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide
- seamless, flexible services which meet service user and carer need.
- The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with severe mental health problems in the community
- The post holder will also undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi-disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the Team Leader on clinical issues such as therapeutic approaches and care co-ordination
- The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
- **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._
- **Job description**:

- 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.
- **Person specification**:

- **Qualifications**:

- **Essential**:

- RN [MH] with live NMC registration or OT or Social worker with current professional registration.
- **Experience**:

- **Essential**:

- Evidence of on-going development and post registration training.
- Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments.
- Demonstrable Care Co-Ordinator Competencies.
- Training in Risk assessment and management skills.
- Ability to build on the knowledge, skills and priorities of people working in a range of disciplines.
- Experience in the assessment and management of people with serious and enduring mental health.
- Evidence of undertaking audit work.
- Innovative, creative and a willingness to try new ideas.
- Nurse Mentorship Qualification or relevant professional equivalent.
- **Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:

**UK Professional Registration**:

- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Sharon Smithson
01983525254
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- **Pay scheme**:

- Agenda for Change
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- **Band**:

- Band 6
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- **Salary**:

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- £38682.00 to £46580.00 Yearly
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- **Contract**:

- Permanent
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- **Working pattern**:

- Part-Time, Full-Time
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- **Reference number**:

- 348-IOW-9694
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- **Job locations**:

- Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre
62 High Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1BA
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- Ryde Health and Wellbeing Centre
Pellhurst Road
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 3DT
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