Are you passionate about mental health and ready to make a real difference in people's lives? We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to join our vibrant, multi-disciplinary Adults Community Mental Health Team in Slough.

Our team is a well-established group of dedicated professionals, including social workers, community mental health nurses, consultant psychiatrists, psychological therapists, occupational therapists, community support workers, employment specialists, and administrative staff. Jointly funded by the Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Slough Borough Council, we are committed to providing top-class care and support to adults with significant mental illnesses and their carers.
Why Join Us?

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a diverse team of experts in a supportive and dynamic setting.
• Impactful Work: Play a crucial role in delivering a range of treatment interventions, including medication and psychological therapies, to improve the lives of our service users.
• Professional Growth: Gain valuable experience and training while making a tangible difference in the community

What We're Looking For:
We need someone with significant experience in adult mental health settings, skilled in applying a range of interventions. If you are dedicated to working collaboratively with service users and their families, and ready to take on a varied and rewarding role, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Provide clinical advice, training, and supervision to team members. Develop and maintain relationships with other local services for seamless client transitions. Support the allocation of new patients, including conducting risk assessments and care recommendations. Manage your own caseload, addressing complex mental health needs. Your Role: As an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner, you'll: Provide Clinical Leadership: Offer continued clinical advice, training, and supervision to staff within our multi-disciplinary team. Coordinate Care: Liaise with local services to ensure smooth transitions and effective support for our clients. Manage Caseloads: Handle your own caseload of clients with complex mental health needs, conducting risk assessments and formulating care plans. Collaborate: Work closely with service users, their families, and carers to ensure the best possible outcomes.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa 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

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

Mental health practitioner experience ideally within Adult mental health and professional registration with an approved Nursing professional body

Leadership or management qualification, or equivalent experience

Experience of working with adult mental illness and applying a range of interventions

Experience of relevant legislation (i.e. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act) and their application in practice

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 youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare! Suitable applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis, so we recommend you apply today!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Debra Broderick, Head of Service, on 01753 690950 or email: Debra.Broderick@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl 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

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Train ing

Essential

• Current professional registration with an approved professional body
• Leadership or management qualification, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• Where professionally applicable, teaching and mentoring experience or course

Previous Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working with people with mental ill health and applying a range of interventions.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community environment
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment

Desirable

• Experience of managing complaints and SI investigations
• Mentoring students on practice placement
• Quality improvement activities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field
• Understanding of relevant legislation (eg. Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Care Act 2014)
• Evidence of an understanding of the Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of safeguarding and its application of practice
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and IT

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
• To demonstrate an understanding of Clinical Governance and its application in practice
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Car User

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

CMHT Slough

New Horizons, Pursers Court

Slough

SL2 5BX

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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