Advanced Mental Health Practitioner

☞ Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 08-05-2024

Location: Thatcham South East

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Advanced Mental Health Practitioner, Band 7 37.5 hours per week

West Berkshire Community Mental Health Team are looking for a dynamic and experienced mental health practitioner to join us in moving into an exciting period of development in mental health care in Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. A professional qualification of RMN, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist is essential.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced practitioners of many disciplines and benefit from collaborative working and supportive colleagues.

We will be welcoming and working closely with Mental Health Integrated Care Services (MHICS) in West Berkshire in the coming months. This will change the landscape of mental health provision in West Berks and allow us to ensure our client group has the right care at the right time. The introduction of these band 7 posts is to support development and management of pathways in our locality to ensure we are providing evidence based practice. Each post will lead in the development of a pathway.

The team works with people aged 18 and over who are experiencing severe and enduring mental health issues; helping them to manage their illnesses and symptoms and facilitating their recovery, engaging with families and carers and other agencies.
  • Work alongside the leadership team in managing aspects of the service and taking an active part with ongoing service development and pathways
  • Supervision and empowerment of staff
  • Close liaison with colleagues both in the team and with partner teams in BHFT
  • Close liaison with external agencies such as adult social care and third sector agencies
  • Supporting the service manager in operational tasks and clinical development
  • Being part of new initiatives and transformation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:
  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
  • Free parking across Trust sites
The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
  • Degree/Diploma qualification in mental health nursing, social work or occupational therapy
  • Enthusiasm and passion for working with people with mental health difficulties
  • Be able to show initiative and critical thinking in relation toworkload
  • Have compassion, empathy and good communication skills
Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places us as one of the best performing Trusts in the country.

We are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, we have a history of strong financial performance and we have a highly skilled and engaged workforce. We aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our patients, their families, and their carers.

For our people who work here that means we want Berkshire Healthcare to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.

If you recognise yourself in these requirements, we would recommend you apply today!

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Maureen Rawson on 01635 292020 or email:  maureen.rawson@berkshire.nhs.uk, who’ll be delighted to help.
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Deadline: 22-06-2024

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