Mental Health Practitioner

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services organization in Newbury is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner Band 5 to provide high-quality care during acute mental health crises. You will work in a multidisciplinary team to enhance community-based crisis care and will need qualifications such as RMN, OT, or AHP. The position offers flexible working options, generous leave, and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days’ annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development opportunities

‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme

Access to wellbeing tools

Discounts at popular retailers

Staff networks for diversity

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Qualified with additional clinical or leadership qualifications.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with external professionals and service users.
• Skills in accurately maintaining clinical records.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions and planned programmes of care to service users.
• Communicate routine information to service users and professionals.
• Ensure services are delivered respectfully to all community members.

Skills

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Allied Health Professionals (AHP)

Social Workers

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) in Newbury as Mental Health Practitioner Band 5. The team delivers high-quality, compassionate care to individuals experiencing acute mental health crises, offering a viable alternative to hospital admission through intensive home-based support.

Operating 24/7, the multidisciplinary service includes professionals from medicine, pharmacy, psychology, and mental health disciplines. You’ll be part of a well-supported team, including a Service Manager, Deputy Manager, Nurse Consultant, Clinical Managers, and administrative staff.

This role is pivotal in reducing inpatient admissions and enhancing community-based crisis care, aligning with our strategic goals for integrated mental health services. The post holder will be actively involved in formulating plans and support the delivery of care specified within the plans of care formulated and directed by the broader multidisciplinary team.

We welcome applications from qualified Registered Mental Nurse (RMN), Occupational Therapist(OT), Allied Health Professionals (AHP), or Social Workers with additional clinical or leadership qualifications. This is a full-time role (37.5 hours/week) based in Newbury, with flexible shift patterns across five days. Hybrid working is not applicable.

Responsibilities

• To be a consistent point of contact and maintain relationships with professionals external to the area of service, service users and their significant others (where appropriate) within area of service/specialism.
• To deliver interventions and elements of planned programmes of care to service users autonomously as well as under the direction and clinical supervision of a clinical lead.
• To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate, relevant and respectful to all community members, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers.
• To have a flexible approach in providing support, including administrative tasks, duties and activities as and when required across the service.
• To effectively communicate routine information and advice to service users, other professionals, and external agencies.
• To help service users gain access to relevant information and advice on services and external support (such as benefits and housing).
• To be responsible for the accurate maintenance of clinical record keeping and the required communication of individual patient care packages for the post holder’s area of responsibility/specialism.

Values at Berkshire Healthcare

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Benefits

• 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.

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.

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.