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Mental Health Senior Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,753 - £52,067 per annum (Incl. HCAS) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2024 |
| Location: | Bracknell, RG12 7FR |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6476327/371-MHS432-A |
Summary
The integrated care practitioner role is wellestablishedwithin Bracknell. If you are energetic, a team player with a good skillset for autonomous working and decision making; you will be the right person to come and work as part of theIntegrated Care Team.
The role is truly situated in between the services to prevent people falling between the gaps; you will be able to guide the person on correct pathway so there are “no wrong doors”.You are working closely with community nursing colleagues as well as local authority colleagues from Bracknell Forest, discussing new referrals and completing home visits.
This is a hybrid role, whilstbeing able to work from home,you’llalso have opportunity to work at Bracknell CMHT OA,Church HillHouseand Bracknell Forest Council, Time Square.
You will be a well-respected member of Bracknell CMHT forOlderAdultsand the Integrated Care Team,this is a matrixmanagement model -youroperational supervisionwill be provided bythe service manager of theIntegratedService, your clinical supervision will be provided by the service manager fromBracknellCMHTOA.
Theintegrated careextends to working closely with partners, includingGP’s and community nursing teamswhen discussing more complexpatientsin cluster meetings.
The team has access to local authority training as well as Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust training. Bothprovidegood opportunities for external training.
• TorepresentBHFT mental health services at locality LAP/Cluster/Care Homemeetings. To screen referrals,identifyany further information which needs more exploration to be able toidentifya correct pathway.
• To provide clinical leadership, and offer mental health expertise & guidance to professional colleagues andassistin formulation to support integrated decision making and careprovision
• To meet the multiple and often complex needs of frail patients with long term conditions who are discussed,through on-going joint assessment of health and wellbeing, including risk assessment, developing,implementingand evaluating intervention plans.
• To support the multidisciplinary team toidentifywhich patients discussed couldbenefitfrom mental health intervention.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for mental health assessmentsestablishinga formulation and implementing the clinical managementrequired.
• For those patients not requiring secondary mental health input, to support navigation of the health and social care system by recommending the mostappropriate levelof psychological support from the range of provisions available.
• To hold a small caseload requiring more complex mental health support.
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 including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
1. Degree in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent professional qualification or Dual QualificationegRGN
2. Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students.
3. Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
4. Exceptional interpersonal, influencing, communication,observationand reporting skills. Ability to engage and communicate with a wide range of professionals,staffand other servicestakeholders.
For further information about the role, please see the 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 email: Mari Longworth on 07771505866 or email: mari.longworth@berkshire.nhs.uk
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 Sunday 21 Jul 2024
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