About this role
Job summary
The Senior Transitions Practitioner is a registered clinician who provides autonomous, highquality clinical care to young people within the CAMHS Transitions Service. The post holder is responsible for the assessment, formulation, planning, implementation and review of complex care plans for young people transitioning between inpatient and community settings.
The role includes clinical leadership, supervision of junior staff, and contribution to the strategic development of the transitions service. The Senior Transitions Practitioner works across inpatient and community environments, providing specialist expertise in transition planning, risk management and discharge coordination.
The post holder plays a key role in reducing length of stay, preventing readmission and ensuring safe, effective transitions by working collaboratively with young people, families, carers and multiagency partners, including adult mental health services.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice
Complete assessments, including risk and care planning, for young people with complex needs
Manage and prioritise a complex caseload, making appropriate decisions independently
Deliver evidencebased interventions (1:1 and group), adapting to need and risk
Monitor risk, respond to changes, and escalate concerns appropriately
Contribute clinical expertise in MDT meetings and care planning
Leadership & Supervision
Provide supervision to Band 4--5 staff, students, and trainees
Act as a role model, promoting good practice and reflective learning
Support daytoday running of the service and deputise for the Team Lead when needed
Contribute to managing risk, incidents, and service improvements
Service Development & Governance
Support service development and improvement work
Contribute to audits and outcome monitoring
Use evidence and guidance to inform practice and service delivery
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
Degree/Diploma in Nursing, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, or Occupational Therapy. Current professional registration with the relevant body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, BPS). Substantial postqualifying experience working with children and young people with complex mental health needs. Postqualifying training or demonstrable competence relevant to CAMHS practice (e.g. traumainformed care, systemic working, adolescent mental health). Experience of autonomous clinical decisionmaking and managing clinical risk Experience providing clinical supervision and professional support to junior staff
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 Serenity Path Hospital
Alresford Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 1HD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)