Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 February 2026

Are you an experienced Mental Health Professional looking to utilise your clinical skills in a different and rewarding environment?

The Isle of Wight Dementia Outreach Team (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). seeking an ambitious and caring Senior Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join our existing team.

The Dementia Outreach Team are proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users on the Isle of Wight who are presenting in crisis. The DOT service are passionate about providing alternative options to hospital admissions, so you can expect to be undertaking rewarding and highly intensive work.

We looking to recruit a compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious individual, who wants to make a positive difference to adults experiencing a dementia‑related crisis.

Staff provide care, treatment, and assessment to patients in their own homes and other places of safety, getting you out and about seeing patients in a range of community settings.

If you enjoy working with high‑risk cases, are looking to develop as an autonomous, confident practitioner, then we'd love to hear from you!

To ensure and take responsibility for the provision of comprehensive nurse assessment to support the MDT to diagnose a dementia related illness and develop a plan of care post diagnosis of people referred to the memory assessment service.

To plan and take responsibility in collaboration with service users and their carers together with other services/agencies on how people's needs are going to be met in short‑term and longer‑term situations.

To be active in the development of the service and continued development of professional practice and role.

To ensure that relationships and own behaviour are managed in line with the Trust's Equalities Framework competencies as well as professional codes of practice and the organisations values and behaviours framework.

To ensure all communications are undertaken in a sensitive, confidential and professional manner.

Interdisciplinary working and liaison with internal and external agencies to promote holistic and person‑centred, strength‑based care and inclusion.

Relocation costs may be considered for the right candidate - this can be discussed at interview.

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…