Senior Mental Health Practitioner inBerkshire inBerkshire PUBLISHED MON 30 DEC 2024

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

• Offer a comprehensive health visiting service in accordance with Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (BHFT) policy and guidelines and The Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years.
• Assess child and family needs, using the appropriate assessment and risk assessment tools. Ensure that at each contact with a child an assessment of the health and developmental need is conducted.
• Develop and implement outcome focused care plans and evaluate care given, in partnership with clients.
• To provide support to families using the Solihull approach model in behaviour management, parenting skills and delivering programmes of care to vulnerable families.
• To support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships applying the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards.
• Develop and facilitate Health Visiting drop in clinics, health promotion activities and groups.
• Identify and respond to individual client and local health needs and to incorporate the four principles of health visiting and the service model set out in the Health Visitor Implementation plan.
• Provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and supports the team in the development of evidence based practice.
• Establish effective working relationships with members of the Primary Health Care Team, Midwives, Children Centres, School Nurses, allied professionals and voluntary agencies to achieve best health and wellbeing outcomes for families and children.

About us

Job Title: Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Trust :- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Resource House

Pay Rates: Day £ 22.99 per hour

Sat/Nights £29.89 per hour

Sun/Bank Hols £36.79 per hour

Contract length: On going full time

Shift Patterns: Monday-Friday 9-5

About the Trust

Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT), a community and mental health trust, are rated Outstanding in their most recent CQC report as well as being recognised as a Global Digital Exemplar. In this role you will be located in and working across an area with all the benefits of country living with the convenience of big city life.

Why might this job interest you?

Being a Senior Mental Health Practitioner in the NHS is a versatile and impactful role that spans across various healthcare settings, from hospitals to community clinics. It involves providing comprehensive care to patients of all ages and backgrounds, addressing both acute medical needs and long-term health management. The flexibility in scheduling allows general nurses to balance their professional responsibilities with personal commitments, ensuring they can deliver compassionate and effective care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

What you can add:

Clinical :-

• The post holder will be responsible for the formulation, execution and evaluation of a care plan for a designated number of patients who may present with significant complexity within a multidisciplinary team.
• The post holder will ensure that each individual plan is developed in consultation/agreement with the patient and informed by the wider multidisciplinary team.
• The post holder will be responsible for identifying the specific interventions and skills required from the multidisciplinary team to deliver the plan of care and expected health/social outcomes with are evidence based and lead to recovery and minimise risk
• The post holder will be responsible for devising a risk and safety plan with each individual patient and alerting the crisis/home treatment team services as required
• The post holder will operate within the principles of recovery and as such support each patient to develop a Wellness Recovery Action Plan and reduce dependence on Secondary Mental Health Services enabling a planned integration into local community facilities and the discharge as part of the patients recovery plan.

GENERAL :-

• This is a varied role where youll be expected to undertake the range of responsibilities specified above, working together with your line manager and colleagues to ensure that the activities of this post make a real difference to our patients. Your line manager may ask you to undertake other reasonable duties to facilitate the smooth running of your service or team.
• We are an equal opportunities employer and youll be expected to role model equality of opportunity, live the values and always operate in accordance with our Equal Opportunities Policy.
• Health and Safety at work is important to us and we would like you to role model the highest standards of behaviour and go above and beyond by adopting excellent practice where it links to the health and wellbeing of our colleagues. It is important that you cooperate with us to ensure that statutory and departmental safety regulations are adhered to.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

What you'll need: qualification/experience:

Qualifications:

• Qualified Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist with +2-year post registration experienced preferred.
• Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as MS Outlook, MS Office, MS TEAMs and the internet).

Experience:

• Previous knowledge and experience of working in the community and with service users who have complex mental health needs.
• Knowledge and experience of applying evidence-based strategies and psycho-social interventions to effectively engage with service users and their carers.
• Experience of formulating risk assessments.
• Experience of working with mental health services (or able to demonstrate transferable skills).
• Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students.
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Specialist knowledge acquired through training in a specialised discipline.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act.
• A clear understanding of complex needs support issues such as homelessness, substance misuse and offending.
• Knowledge of safeguarding protocols.
• Knowledge and understanding of how to deal with challenging individuals.
• Effective and competent interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation, and reporting skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions.
• Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstances.
• Ability to cope in pressurised environment and apply practical problem-solving skills in everyday situations.
• Ability to manage risk.
• Demonstrate an ability to maintain clear boundaries.
• Demonstration of Psychological awareness of others strengths and weaknesses.
• Demonstration of an ability to have flexibility in their coping style and an awareness to see problems from a different perspective.
• Ability to work effectively in a team, work on own initiative, work unsupervised and manage own workload.

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

The benefits we can offer you in return:

• Putting People in Places to Care be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
• Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.
• Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider
• First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
• Our team is always happy to help- access our support line any time.
• Working options to suit your lifestyle being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.
• Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSPs own academy.
• Explore different wards,keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
• Being part of the NHSP Community means youll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.