Senior Mental health nurse / Mental Health Practitioner
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a team that supports and improves outcomes for young people at risk of long-term care or inpatient psychiatric admission?
Then join us for a new and exciting service.
Westwood House will be a short stay (up to twenty eight days) Ofsted registered residential home for children aged eleven to eighteen years old. This joint service between the NHS and SCC will provide four residential beds for children who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing social, emotional and/or mental health crisis. We aim to provide a safe, stable environment where children's needs can be assessed and plans can be formulated to support children to return to living in the community, ideally within a family environment.
Hampshire and IOW healthcare NHS Foundation trust are looking to recruit a senior mental health nurse/practitioner a to support the day-to-day management of young people admitted to Westwood House, as well as completing outreach work for young people & families/carers, who are either due to be admitted or have recently been discharged. This will include assessment, risk management and short-term evidence based psychological interventions.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative senior nurse to be part of forming the service and leading on training for new staff to deliver on the vision. We want to ensure that we provide a safe environment with highly skilled staff where we can really understand the underlying issues behind presenting crisis and ensure that any future planning is undertaken in a calm, considered way to ensure longer term stability for children. You will be a culture carrier for high-quality, aspirational care of vulnerable young people to improve longer terms outcomes.
Utilising your experience in mental health working with young people, you will be pivotal in setting the standard for safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care as part of a wider multi-agency team. You will share your knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with complex needs, that current services struggle to meet. You will help to train residential staff to support young peoples mental health needs and effectively risk manage.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, 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 centre 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 Trusts 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.
Details
Date posted
17 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-CFS-9470
Job locations
Westwood House
100 Peartree Avenue
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 7JL
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 descriptionJob 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
- Nationally recognised core qualification i.e. RN, RMN, Social Worker, Psychologist, OT
- Professional Qualification at degree level or equivalent
- Completion of further post-qualification specialist training at post graduate level or equivalent experience, i.e. DBT, CBT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families/carers where appropriate as a full member of a multi-disciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatients, or inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their families/carers across the whole range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Post qualifying experience of working as a specialist mental health worker within a mental health setting.
- Experience of writing and delivering complex and robust risk assessment and risk management plans and leading on their delivery.
Qualifications
Essential
- Nationally recognised core qualification i.e. RN, RMN, Social Worker, Psychologist, OT
- Professional Qualification at degree level or equivalent
- Completion of further post-qualification specialist training at post graduate level or equivalent experience, i.e. DBT, CBT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist mental health assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families/carers where appropriate as a full member of a multi-disciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatients, or inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their families/carers across the whole range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Post qualifying experience of working as a specialist mental health worker within a mental health setting.
- Experience of writing and delivering complex and robust risk assessment and risk management plans and leading on their delivery.
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 informationDisclosure 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
Westwood House
100 Peartree Avenue
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 7JL
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
Westwood House
100 Peartree Avenue
Southampton
Hampshire
SO19 7JL
Employer's website
Salary range
- £47,810 - £54,710 per year