Clinical Lead MHST

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 February 2026

You will be training in or already possess CBT Supervisor Accreditation and will be the lead position for the low intensity and high intensity clinicians working within the Fareham MHST.

You will work effectively in partnership with clinical lead colleagues in other MHSTs in the South East, and across the service, as well as with your team manager, and colleagues across Primary Mental Health and community CAMHS.

You will have a passion and motivation for working with children and young people, in partnership with parents, carers, schools and wider communities, aiming to improve young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing through the core functions of MHST, which are:

- to deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues

- support the senior mental health lead (where established) in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach and

- give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education

You will offer assessments and interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. As part of this role you would contribute to the core work of the team as well as offering more specialist clinical interventions. The role would also provide the opportunity to become involved in delivering evidence-based group interventions.

You will offer regular clinical and line management supervision to other staff.

You will receive regular supervision, and will have opportunities to link with other specialist practitioners in the Trust, as well as access appropriate training opportunities offered by HIOW NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

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.