Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Fareham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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.

Main duties of the job

1. To ensure the provision of intensive home based treatment, as an alternative to hospital admission.
2. To undertake ongoing assessment, implementation and evaluation of care needs of a changing caseload of service users within their home environment.
3. To work closely with the inpatient units ensuring the effective transition of care across the acute pathway.
4. Ensuring the regular attendance at ward rounds and professionals meetings to identify service users who may benefit from the Hospital at Home Service.
5. Liaise closely with Community Treatment Teams ensuring the safe discharge of service users following a period of treatment with the Hospital at Home Service.
6. To work as a lead practitioner in managing a flexible, team based caseload.
7. To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
8. To lead the care for a specified group of service users.
9. To work in a 24 hour service, on a shift basis.
10. To undertake supervision and appraisal for a defined number of junior staff.

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 responsibilities

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

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Mental Health Practitioner.
• Speciality specific Level 3 learning.
• Knowledge of another language.
• Mentorship course (willingness to work towards this).
• Clinical supervision training.

Experience

• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding
• Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy)
• Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks
• Ability to motivate service users
• Ability to work autonomously
• Provide clinical supervision
• Working knowledge of the application of the appropriate professional Code of Conduct
• Management of aggression and manual handling training
• Able to co-facilitate group work
• Evidence of effective team working and leadership skills
• Evidence of experience in education of nurses and/or multi-professional groups
• Experience of mentorship in practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.