Mental Health Advisor in Portsmouth

Location: Homebased in Portsmouth

Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum + benefits

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours

You must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse for this role. Right to live and work in the UK is required for this role.

About Us

Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.

At the heart of our story are our people. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK. When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career.

Together, we live our values:

• One Team – There are no barriers in our business. We trust each other and work together as one team to deliver what our clients need.
• Doing the Right Thing – We operate to the highest standards. Success is underpinned by honesty and integrity, and by doing what we say we will do.
• Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing – Respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.
• Shaping Tomorrow – We are always looking for ways to improve and innovate.
• Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach.

Role Summary

As a Mental Health Advisor, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver timely, high-quality wellbeing assessments in response to occupational health referrals. You will complete comprehensive bio‑psychosocial assessments, including risk assessment, screening, use of psychometric tools, and solution‑focused intervention planning to support employee wellbeing, performance, and attendance at work. You will provide clear recommendations for case management, reasonable adjustments, or onward referral, using motivational interviewing techniques to support positive change. With consent, you will produce concise, high‑quality management reports outlining fitness for work and recommendations. The role requires the ability to travel as required. Following one year of service, Optima Health will support the successful candidate in completing their Occupational Health qualification.

Who Are We Looking For?

• Mental Health Nurse Qualification and registered member of NMC
• Ability to listen effectively and demonstrate empathy within a business environment.
• Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain and develop working relationships.
• Competent in problem solving and decision making.
• Able to confidently convey rehabilitation decisions and to discuss these in detail with demanding clients.
• Resilience and ability to deal with setbacks constructively and work to resolution of issues including how to work at a high pace is essential.
• Good planning, negotiation, and organizational / time management skills.
• Good report writing skills and clear use of written English, which is understandable, with correct grammar which is well constructed.
• Ability to work as an independent practitioner within Optima Health Limited.
• Willingness to engage in continuous professional development, accept feedback, learn, and contribute to continuous improvement in practice of self and others.
• Willingness to undertake further studies to aid their professional development.
• Must be willing to complete Security Vetting, as applicable, which will involve completion of an online questionnaire providing personal information and providing proof of identity documents as required.
• Maintains professional body register requirements.

What Can We Offer You?

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• Professional Registration fees paid
• Matched Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• Annual flu jabs
• Eye Test Voucher
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities to progress in different areas on the business
• Leadership training scheme if you would like to progress to leadership

Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.