Job summaryJoin a new innovative community health team delivering proactive, person-centred care across Southampton neighbourhoods. As a Neighbourhood Care Practitioner, you will work at the intersection of primary care, social support, and community services to prevent hospital admissions, support independent living, and improve wellbeing for people in their homes and local settings. This is a hands-on, autonomous role with strong clinical collaboration and opportunities to shape service design.
Posts available: Three full-time posts, one in each of the three localities across Southampton with cross cover when applicable.
Contract: Fixed 12-month contract with the possibility of extension following evaluation.
Hours are full-time, flexible working patterns considered.
Shift Type Monday to Friday within core hours
Main duties of the jobThe Neighbourhood Care Clinician role will work with Primary Care Network (PCNs) practices to proactively management patients living with frailty and other long-term conditions. In conjunction with the wider health, social and voluntary care workforce this role will lead and facilitate patient centred co-ordinated case management approach across primary, community and secondary care for people who are most vulnerable to and at high risk of admission to hospital.
Working autonomously to a high standard of clinical care, the clinician will be responsible for liaising with the PCNs to identify patients living with frailty who would benefit from an intervention to either prevent further deterioration of their frailty or other long-term conditions and to prevent hospital admission.
Using the medical model to assess, diagnose and prescribe for acute medical conditions, the clinician will use a holistic approach to consider methods and interventions to prevent recurrence of problems and complete referrals to appropriate members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
Following clinical assessment using comprehensive geriatric assessment either in the patients home or clinic environment, multi-disciplinary patient pathways will be designed to support patient choice, improve quality of life, promote self-management and assure early intervention through proactive provision of care in or close to the patients own home as possible.
About usHampshire 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
DetailsDate posted: 24 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Based on full time hours
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 348-SSW-12385
Job locations: Oakley Road, Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4GX, United Kingdom; Thomas Lewis House, 236 Empress Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0JY, United Kingdom; Bitterne Health Centre, Commercial Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 6BT, United Kingdom
Job responsibilitiesFurther 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 SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Educated to degree level in chosen profession.
- \* BSc Nursing or RN currently registered with NMC.
- \* BSc Occupational Therapy
- \* BSc Physiotherapy
- Post registration degree or master's degree
- History taking and physical assessment course
- Independent and supplementary prescribing course or is willing to undertake within first year in post if applicable.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Oakley Road, Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4GX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Consultant Nurse Ann Palmer ann.palmer20@nhs.net 07908639398
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
