About this role
Job summary
Are you ready to take the next step in your career in community mental health while living on a beautiful island? We are inviting an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Service (CMHS) on the Isle of Wight, where you'll work with people with complex mental health needs within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
Just a short ferry journey from the mainland, the Isle of Wight offers more than professional fulfillment. With beautiful beaches, stunning coastline, countryside and a relaxed pace of life. Build your career while enjoying island life, whether that's coastal walks, outdoor activities, exploring historic places or simply having space to switch off.
About the Role
You'll manage a caseload of people with severe and enduring mental health needs, providing assessment, care coordination and evidence-based interventions. You'll work autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team, supporting junior colleagues and helping shape high-quality community mental health care.
This is a time to join CMHS as we develop our locality model and work more closely with physical health services to provide integrated support.
Why Join Us?
Opportunities for supervision, professional development and service improvement.
Work within a developing service and help shape how care is delivered locally.
Relocation support may be considered.
If you're experienced, motivated and ready for a new challenge, come for the career - and stay for the lifestyle.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner in CMHS, you will play a role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care to people with severe and enduring mental health needs in the community. Your experience and clinical judgement will make a real difference to service users, carers and colleagues
You will:
Manage a caseload of people with complex mental health needs, taking responsibility for care coordination and treatment.
Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop, implement and review evidence-based care plans.
Assess and manage risk, including responding effectively to crisis and urgent situations.
Provide individual interventions and support people towards their recovery goals.
Participate in triage and assessment of new referrals into the CMHT.
Work autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team.
Provide clinical advice, consultation and support to junior colleagues, including during relapse or crisis.
Supervise junior multidisciplinary staff and support their professional development.
Deputise for the Clinical Team Leader when required.
Build effective relationships with service users, carers, families and partner agencies.
Contribute to audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and service development.
Participate in teaching, mentoring and practice development.
Undertake duty functions and community appointments as required.
This is an opportunity to bring your experience to a varied and rewarding role - while building a life on the Isle of Wight.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre
62 High Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1BA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)