Mental Health Practitioner

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for an experienced mental health practitioner to deliver comprehensive care to older patients. You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and provide occupational therapy while supporting junior colleagues. The role includes assessing patients and formulating care plans in a compassionate environment. Flexible working options and generous leave are among the many benefits. This position also involves evening and weekend shifts on occasion.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts at popular retailers

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Registered mental health practitioner with experience in occupational therapy for older individuals.
• Ability to conduct assessments and create care plans.
• Energetic and resilient, with a focus on patient dignity and preferences.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients as a mental health practitioner.
• Provide Occupational Therapy to older patients with mental health needs.
• Supervise junior staff and partake in clinical quality assurance.

Skills

Excellent communication and people skills

Leadership

Ability to manage complex cases

Mentoring and supervising skills

Job description

An enthusiastic and experienced senior practitioner with an in-depth knowledge of the treatment of older people with mental health problems. With a passion for caring for patients with complex needs, you will have excellent communication and people skills, a warm personality, and the resilience to help us transform our patients’ lives.

You will be proactive, ensuring seamless delivery across a multi-disciplinary team. You will be an inspirational leader, striving to be your very best and supporting colleagues in the delivery of compassionate, safe, and structured care.

You will be enthusiastic to share your knowledge when managing and mentoring more junior team members and a sympathetic advocate for patients, ensuring that they are supported in their preferences, their dignity is maintained, and cultural and spiritual values met. A calming influence, you will be able to deal with difficult and distressing situations professionally and with sincerity. Your energy and drive will be rewarded with the support of a dedicated team that strives to create a progressive, warm, friendly, and considerate environment. You will enjoy working across multiple sites and have access to your own car. The post is 9-5pm including some evenings and one or two weekends per month.

• Participating as a highly skilled member of a multi-disciplinary team managing a caseload of patients as a mental health practitioner.
• Taking responsibility for the provision of Occupational Therapy to older people with functional and/or organic mental health needs, as well as younger people with dementia.
• To undertake assessments of patients and conduct semi-structured interviews with family members and others involved in a patient’s care.
• To be responsible for the formulation, execution, and evaluation of care plans for a designated number of patients who may present with significant complexity, in consultation with the patient and the multi-disciplinary team.
• As an experienced practitioner, the post holder will direct and supervise junior staff and/or students and resources within their area of responsibility and take an active role in clinical quality assurance and learning programmes.
• Post holder will provide advice to other members of the service and agencies on the needs of service users.

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 further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nafera Kamara Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0118 9605959