Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Job summary

JOIN A TEAM WHERE YOUR SKILLS AND COMPASSION TRULY MATTER

At Winchester Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), your ideas are valued, your development is supported, and your work makes a real difference every day. We are a supportive, dynamic, and collaborative multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving the lives of adults with complex mental health needs. Our work is meaningful, varied, and highly rewarding, and we pride ourselves on delivering compassionate, recoveryfocused care.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner, from a nursing or social work background, to join our team. This role offers the chance to grow professionally, take on meaningful responsibility, and be part of a service where your voice is heard and your contribution truly counts.

If you are looking for a role that challenges, inspires, and supports you--and where you can genuinely make a difference--we would love to hear from you. Winchester CMHT is a place where staff are valued, respected, and encouraged to thrive.

Join us and help shape the future of community mental health care.

Main duties of the job

Your key responsibilities will include -

Managing a Caseload

Manage a varied caseload, completing risk assessments, developing care plans, coordinating multiagency input, and building effective therapeutic relationships to support recovery and independence.

Providing Shared Care

Contribute to sharedcare reviews, support stepdown plans, and ensure smooth transitions between services through clear communication and sound clinical judgement.

Completing Assessments

Carry out comprehensive mentalhealth assessments, including risk, formulation, safety planning, and initial care planning, to guide safe and appropriate clinical decisions.

Supporting Colleagues and Students

Mentor students, support unregistered staff, contribute to teaching, and model reflective, evidencebased practice to promote a positive learning culture.

Working Independently

Deliver care in community settings, including home visits and clinics, using strong riskmanagement skills, effective planning, and confident autonomous practice.

Using IT and Records

Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation; write clear reports; and communicate professionally using clinical systems and email.

Providing Holistic, RecoveryFocused Care

Work with GPs, social care, housing, crisis teams, and voluntary services to deliver coordinated, person centred, recovery focused support.

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

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-MNH-10106

Job locations

Cromwell House

15 Andover Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 7BT

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Professional Registration with the NMC or Social Work England.
Car driver with business insurance.

Desirable

Experience of working in a community setting.

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of relevant documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
Child and Adult safeguarding procedures
Change management at organising and prioritising their workload.
Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.

Desirable

Working with service user group in an adult community mental health setting.
Able to co-facilitate group work

Additional Criteria

Essential

Must have access to a car for business use and hold a full driving licence

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Registration with the NMC or Social Work England.
Car driver with business insurance.

Desirable

Experience of working in a community setting.

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of relevant documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
Child and Adult safeguarding procedures
Change management at organising and prioritising their workload.
Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.

Desirable

Working with service user group in an adult community mental health setting.
Able to co-facilitate group work

Additional Criteria

Essential

Must have access to a car for business use and hold a full driving licence

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Cromwell House

15 Andover Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 7BT

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cromwell House

15 Andover Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 7BT

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)