About this role
Job summary
Join a supportive multi-disciplinary team where your skills will have a real impact. In this role, you will manage referrals, deliver timely assessments, and coordinate care for a diverse caseload within a Community Mental Health Team.
You'll promote positive mental and physical wellbeing, supporting individuals to engage in their recovery and maintain independence. Working collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies, you'll ensure care is person-centred, safe, and effective.
With a strong focus on quality and continuous improvement, you'll contribute to service development, uphold high clinical standards, and carry out comprehensive risk assessments and management plans.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional who values clear communication, teamwork, and ongoing development, and is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality care.
Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
Main duties of the job
Care Planning: Assess individual needs and develop, implement, and regularly review personalised care and support plans.
Care Coordination & Liaison: Act as the main point of contact between service users, families, GPs, and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care.
Assessment & Risk Management: Carry out mental health and wellbeing assessments, including risk and crisis assessments, and respond appropriately.
Case Management: Maintain accurate, up-to-date records and case notes using relevant systems.
Signposting & Support: Connect individuals with appropriate community resources, including housing, employment, and support services.
Compliance & Governance: Work in line with mental health legislation, policies, and best practice standards.
About us
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
Job description 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 Essential
Registered Mental Health Nurse Social Worker Occupational Therapist
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 Bittern Park Medical Centre
Thorold Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO18 1HZ
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)