Are you passionate about making a difference and enjoy working as part of a larger team? Are you eager to use your clinical skills to provide excellent care and progress your career?
Applicants will need to be enthusiastic and able to work flexibly and reliably to contribute to the delivery of outstanding care to our patients.
As a Mental Health Practitioner, with the Reading Community Mental Health Service , you will have responsibility for the line management of students and junior staff, undertaking their annual appraisals, PDP’s and proactively supporting their development review cycle.
You should have the ability to think calmly and logically under pressure and have a positive attitude to maintaining high standards of work at all times and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.
You w ill be able to work unsupervised, using your own initiative , but also to be able to work as a part of the wider team and be able to work in multiagency partnership.
Accuracy and attention to details is essential for this post with a good level of competency in using Microsoft applications. Strong organi s ational skills are essentia l.
Our service operates five days a week, not including bank holidays and is offering full, part time and hybrid flexible working opportunities.
You will be responsible for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of a care plan for a designated number of patients who may present with significant complexity within the multidisciplinary team
You will also be responsible for devising a risk and safety plan with each individual patient managing their risks in close partnership with wider team
You will be conducting assessments and reviews within the Service . You will be contributing to establishment of the specialist offer for the service users assessed at Place.
You will apply up to date professional and other knowledge to ensure any options of care for individuals is evidenced base and informed by theoretical an practical learning and experience
You will work closely with colleagues in specialist community mental health services to ensure smooth transitions between teams and services and facilitate an ‘easy in, easy out approach to improve access to evidence-based interventions.
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
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Qualified Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist with post registration experience preferred.
2. Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
3. Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users, carers, and other professional bodies.
4. Ability to use technology to underpin professional practice.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
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 c ommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditation s: 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: Joanna Jelonek on 01189605612 or
[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.
