Mental Health Practitioner

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

If you are passionate about working with young people, children, and their families/support networks, then we want to hear from you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Hampshire CAMHS Teams for a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic Nurse to join the Community CAMHS Team in Fareham and Gosport.

The successful applicant will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team working with children, young people, and families in Hampshire.

This is a permanent post and is part of a wider, well-established nursing discipline within the county where professional development and innovative work are actively encouraged.

You will be an accomplished communicator with a diverse range of communication techniques to build relationships, effect change, and support/advocate where necessary. Your professional background will be celebrated within our multi-disciplinary team where you can showcase your skills, knowledge, and expertise with autonomy, respect, and pride.

Main duties of the job

1. To participate within the multi-disciplinary professional team in the relevant care group to deliver safe patient care focusing on therapeutic relationships.
2. To work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the patient's individual health needs are met.
3. Understand evidence-based therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group to include education, clinical care, wellness recovery action plans, and discharge planning.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organization, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the center of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust's community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Registration with current registration appropriate to the job role.
• Or Studying towards Professional Registration.

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.

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year based on full-time hours.