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Mental Health Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,405 - £28,976 per annum (Incl. of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2024 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG40 2BB |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6289543/371-MHS378 |
Summary
Interviews will be held on 28 May 2024.
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner to join our Wokingham crisis team. The post holder will work as part of the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team supporting patients in the community to avoid hospital admission. The post holder will support the delivery of care specified within the plans of care formulated and directed by mental health practitioners and the broader multidisciplinary team for those patients who are in a mental health crisis and require intensive home treatment and support without which they would likely require admission to Hospital. With experience working within Mental Health you will enjoy working as part of a large team and thrive in a busy fast paced environment. The post holder will be part of a shift pattern, ensuring that the telephone duty service has a 24hours staffing coverage.
· To be a consistent point of contact and maintain relationships with professionals external to the area of service, service users and their significant others (where appropriate) within area of service/specialism.
· To provide assistance to interventions and elements of planned programmes of care to service users under the direction and clinical supervision of a clinical lead
· To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate, relevant and respectful to all community members, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers
· To have a flexible approach in providing support, including administrative tasks, duties and activities as and when required across the service
· To effectively communicate routine information and advice to service users, other professionals, and external agencies.
· To help service users gain access to relevant information and advice on services and external support (such as benefits and housing)
· To be responsible for the accurate maintenance of clinical record keeping and the required communication of individual patient care packages for the post holder’s area of responsibility/specialism
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 “must haves” for this role:
1. Previous knowledge and experience of working in a care environment and with service users who have complex mental health needs.
2. Good interpersonal, communication, observation, and reporting skills.
3. Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstances.
4. Able to work flexibly on a shift pattern to cover 24hrs of CRHTT Service as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position.
If you recognise yourself in these requirements, we recommend you apply today!
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:Please don’t hesitate to call: Anita Onovo on 0118 960 5995 or email: anita.onovo@berkshire.nhs.ukwho will be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 May 2024
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