Job summary
Through our research adults with a serious mental illness have told us first contact is the most important point in successfully starting their recovery. When people with a serious mental illness are at their most anxious, they face too many choices with little support.
To tackle this, we are going to:
that at the start of a person's recovery, wherever and however a person accesses care they are met with compassion, understanding, and supported with both their physical and mental wellbeing.
teams around communities that are close to people's homes, by working with our partners including the voluntary sector, making sure people's recovery is close to their personal support networks.
3.Provide people who are working across these physical and mental health services with the right support and training, making sure we have creative career options across the area.
Southern Health NHS Trust's Portsmouth and South East Division and the nine PCN's in the area are now in position to offer these exciting opportunities for innovative, flexible, professionals who wish to assist these teams be part of the building blocks for the transformation of frontline mental health services.
If you would like to know more then please contact: Emma Dunbar 023 8231 2498
Main duties of the job
To work across a range of clinical and non-clinical services to support the delivery of transforming mental health care.
To support the planning, co-ordination and transfer of service users across the care pathways.
To support clinicians to identify care needs
To support the services in assisting patients through the clinical and non-clinical pathways.
To assist and identify areas where barriers to health and social care exist and be part of the team working to resolve this.
To work in a manner which is helpful to the service user, based on principles of recovery, personalisation and choice.
To develop the role of Care Navigator in order to embed the No Wrong Door approach within the system.
To work with stakeholders and care teams to enable access to relevant interventions / support and self-management as part of the Care Navigator role.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.
The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.
Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. *Computer skills
2. *Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post
3. *In depth experience of working in a mental health environment
4. *Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post*Computer skills
5. *Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post
6. *In depth experience of working in a mental health environment
7. *Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post