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Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £39,205 - £47,084 per annum pro rata (Incl. of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG40 2BB |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7182530/371-MHS738-A |
Summary
Come and join our friendly team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the Community Mental Health Team within Wokingham Mental Health Services. Our main mission? To deliver top-quality care to our amazing patients and offer an alternative to traditional mental health admissions. If you are on the lookout for a role to work in a flexible environment plus loads of opportunities for growth and development, then you’re in the right place!
Your role will involve conducting thorough One Assessments, delivering effective treatments, and offering brief, evidence-based follow-up services to patients referred from CPE, the psych liaison service, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team, or inpatient wards.
While you'll be based in the heart of Wokingham, get ready for some exciting variety as you might occasionally travel to other locations like Windsor, Maidenhead, or Bracknell to meet the diverse needs of our services.
If you're passionate about mental health, crave a dynamic work environment, and want to make a real impact, this could be the role for you! Apply now and let's create positive change together!
• Responsibilities include initial assessments through the One Team process, developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised care plans, along with directing patients to other services when necessary.
• Collaboration with service users and the broader multidisciplinary team is integral to the development of each personalised plan.
• Operating within a multidisciplinary team, you'll oversee care delivery, manage risks, and evaluate care outcomes, prioritising the recovery of each service user.
• You should be adept at taking calculated positive risks, aligning with the Trust Policy on Risk Assessment and Management.
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. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the 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
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.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
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 email: godfrey.karambakuwa@berkshire.nhs.uk / kseniya.wimbush@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025
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