Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

This role is part of a team of 3.6 wte specialist mental health practitioners who provide specialist advice and guidance across all three hospital sites of Basingstoke; Winchester and Andover. The ability to work across all 7 days and all of the three sites is essential. The postholder will have broad experience ; resilience and be able to think creatively in challenging situations in supporting people with mental health needs in an acute hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the development and delivery of outstanding mental health care to patients across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.o To provide leadership, expert practice, education, specialist advice to support the safe, effective and high quality care of patients and families affected by mental health.o Support colleagues in the risk assessment, care planning and enhanced care and support of these patients, providing a 7 day a week service.o Whilst working as part of a trust wide service each Specialist Mental Health Practitioner will take a lead in education, quality improvements and other initiatives in the following areas of specialism based on their knowledge and expertise:o Adultso Older Personso Unscheduled Careo Children, Young People and Maternity

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.