Job summary
Would you value being part of an experienced team that is known for being welcoming, inclusive and flexible, with an approachable leadership team that is committed to putting staff wellbeing and patient safety at the forefront of our service?

As a team, we are passionate about providing a service of the highest quality that is safe, effective, compassionate and responsive. We are a multi-disciplinary, integrated team including Peer Workers, Employment Specialists and a Carers Worker. We also work closely with our colleagues based in the Primary Care Networks.

We have an opportunity for a qualified Senior Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or OT to join our team in Southampton Central Community Mental Health Team. You will be managing a complex caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health conditions, acting as Lead Professional to coordinate care, deliver recovery-focused interventions, undertake comprehensive assessments, and support service users to achieve their goals.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in central Southampton: a diverse, multi-cultural area which also has two large universities on its patch.

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a care coordination role as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, engaging, working with a caseload of service users with severe or enduring mental health problems.
• Help service users manage their symptoms, deliver evidence based interventions and give advice, support and signposting on practical issues such as housing, benefits, education, employment, medication and social activities in the local area.
• Assess and monitor service user's mental state, provide comprehensive risk assessment and implement management plans, undertake crisis management and contingency planning.
• Formulate care plans in line with identified need and review in line with the Trust's care planning policy.
• Provide therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk assessment, utilising psycho-social interventions and work on improving physical health.
• Participate in weekly team meetings, communicating service user needs and be able to assist in prioritising the allocation of workload.
• Prepare professional reports and attend multidisciplinary meetings, reviews and case conferences.
• Establish supportive partnerships with both service users and the family / social networks as well as with other community services and teams.
• Provide mentorship, support and supervision to students, trainees and junior staff.
• Work in collaboration with service users as experts in their own care, promoting the principles of recovery, choice and personalisation, which value and empower the service user.

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.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on full time hours
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 348-SSW-12691
Job locations: College Keep, 4-12 Terminus Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3DT, United Kingdom

Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified as a registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.

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.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager, Nicola Crouch, nicola.crouch8@nhs.net, 02382310726

Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system. Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process.