This post is for a full time Advanced Mental Health Practitioner.
The post is based within our home treatment team in WAM- Nicholson House - Maidenhead.
The home treatment team's support patients to prevent hospital admission offering intensive home treatment interventions.
The role is predominantly 37.5hrs, Monday to Friday 8-4.
The ideal candidate will be someone who has worked in an acute health care setting at Band 6 and feels ready for a next level challenge. They need to be motivated to work in a high demand and clinically exciting service. The ideal candidate will be someone who truly values the opportunities that the mental health professionals have in assisting people going through difficult times in their lives. They will be passionate about helping people with SMI getting back on their recovery journeys following relapses.
The team is very supportive with many very experienced practitioners from different clinical backgrounds.
Treating patient's in their homes in order to prevent hospital admission.
Carrying out reviews for patients referred to the crisis resolution home treatment team.
Involved in the delivery of care of the patients taken under the care of CRHTT
Attendance to referral meetings
Take part in complaints and serious incident investigations
Liaising with other parts of the mental health service
Assessing and supporting patients both via home visits and phone/video calls
Participating in the QMIS process for service improvement
Supervising junior staff and students
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:
Professional qualification
Experience working on a secondary care setting
Compassionate and caring
Likes working in a team
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’re 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: Lorraine Dune on 07717 290801 Manager’s Phone number] or email:
[email protected] who’ll 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
