Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG40 2BB |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6330409/371-MHS404 |
Summary
You will be an enthusiastic, professionally qualified Mental Health Practitioner who iscommitted to providing responsive and high quality clinical services to mental health service users and their carers. You will have extensive relevant experience of working with service users in a range of settings, ideally with some community experience but this is not essential. A keen interest in all mental health issues affecting service users is required and up to date knowledge of treatments and protocols. You will be able to work autonomously, exercise clear and coherent decision making skills and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service. Your working hour will be Monday- Friday 9 am- 5 pm. There is an option of working from various locations within Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
You will work within the Wokingham Community Integrated Mental Health Services.You will hold acaseload and focus on delivery of a specific time-limited intervention using the recovery model. The care and treatment will focus on empowering service users to use their strengths, skills and special interest to help in their recovery whilst under the secondary services working with our Multidisciplinary Team. You will be offered regular clinical supervision and support from the Clinical Lead.
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. Be a Mental Health Nurse along with relevant professional registration.
2. Hold a full UK Driving license and have use of a car for work purposes
3. Broad post qualification experience within a mental health setting
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: Godfrey Karambakuwa (Joint Service Manager) or Kseniya Wimbush (Clinical Team Lead) on 0118 904 4800 or via email at godfrey.karambakuwa@berkshire.nhs.uk / kseniya.wimbush@berkshire.nhs.uk, who 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 4 Jun 2024
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