Senior Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to enhance the wellbeing of care home residents. This role involves working closely with care home staff to provide holistic care, supporting mental health management, and leading educational initiatives. The successful candidate will demonstrate compassion, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to improving mental health care. Join us in making a positive impact across East Berkshire.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme

Access to wellbeing tools and services

Staff networks for diversity and equality

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Passionate about improving mental and physical wellbeing of care home residents.
• Experience in supporting care homes and embedding therapeutic techniques.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Build good working relationships with care homes.
• Advise on management of dementia and mental health symptoms.
• Support implementing service redesign initiatives.
• Provide education on mental health issues.
• Conduct holistic assessments to aid in diagnosis and treatment.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT.

Skills

Excellent communication

Compassion

Holistic approach

Coaching techniques

Job description

Are you passionate about improving the mental and physical wellbeing of care home residents? We're seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our Care Home Support Team, working alongside Registered Nurses, Therapists, GPs and wider MDT colleagues to deliver holistic, person-centred care across East Berkshire. This is a unique role for someone who is passionate about supporting care homes to build their knowledge and embed therapeutic techniques through teaching, reviewing care plans, signposting and guiding care pathways. You'll have the opportunity to support holistic management of complex mental health needs, acting as a key resource for care home teams to enabling them to ensure residents receive safe, person-centred care to the highest standards in line with the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework. You will work closely with care home staff and multidisciplinary teams, using coaching techniques to build staff confidence and competence in managing mental health conditions, promoting best practice and reducing avoidable hospital admissions. Giving care homes the opportunities engage in areas of practice that they wish to develop and enabling you to embark in projects to improve mental health care. Excellent communication, compassion and a holistic approach are key in this role in driving improvements in resident care.

Key Responsibilities

• To build good working relationships with the care homes in the area.
• Advise care homes on management of dementia, mental health symptoms and management, mental capacity, DOLs and safeguarding.
• Support implementing service redesign initiatives which meet local and national priorities and are in line with commissioning intentions.
• Provide education to care homes via TEAMS or face to face on mental health issues, champion work and areas of care the home has identified as a need. This could be formal or informally with role modelling/upskilling.
• Provide a holistic assessment to aid medical diagnosis, management and treatment of complex residents in the care home environment and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions or placement failure.
• Work in collaboration with other members of the MDT, Mental Health teams, LA Care Quality teams and the Integrated Care Board.

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

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed 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