Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic, registered Mental Health Nurse or Social worker looking to work across teams within a friendly service? The Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead (WAM) Older Peoples Mental Health Service is looking for a motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly and innovative team.
You will have the opportunity to work across CMHT(e), HTT and Memory Clinic and you will be responsible for managing your own caseload, working collaboratively with other disciplines from both statutory and voluntary sectors.
You may be required to take a lead in an area of special interest, such as working with carers or Younger People with Dementia. You will be responsible for ensuring clinical governance guidelines are followed and to be involved in delivering training and educational programmes as well as participating in audit and research.
The role is based at Nicholson House, Maidenhead and your time in this role will be spent visiting clients in their homes in the local community so you will need a car to get to appointments. You will be required to come to the office occasionally for team meetings, training or for other service-related reasons as necessary, although currently we conduct most team meetings virtually this may change in future.
Main duties of the job
1. Participating as a member of a multi-disciplinary team managing a caseload of patients
2. Undertake assessments of patients, involving their carers and family members in the patient's care and care plans.
3. 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.
4. Supervising Support Workers and/or students.
5. Providing advice to other members of the service and agencies on the needs of service users.
Working for our organisation
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
6. Caring for and about you is our top priority
7. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
8. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
9. Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
10. 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
11. Generous NHS pension scheme
12. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
13. ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
14. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
15. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
16. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
17. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
18. Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The “must haves” for this role:
19. Registered Mental Health Nurse of equivalent
20. Experience of working with Older People with mental health problems
21. Ability to drive and have a car for use at work
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
22. Registered Mental Health nurse or equivalent
Desirable criteria
23. ENB 998 or SLICE training
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
24. Experience of working with older people with mental health problems
25. Experience of working in the community
26. Experience in dealing with challenging behaviour
27. Supporting and empowering carers
28. Multi-agency working
29. Community working experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
30. Knowledge of mental health legislation
31. Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
32. Ability to manage and prioritise workload
33. Ability to manage stress
34. Ability to work on own initiative and/ or with a team
Desirable criteria
35. Ability to deal with sensitive issues and manage conflict situations
36. Intervention and outcome monitoring skills
37. Good IT skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
38. Flexible & innovative
39. Proactive and dynamic
40. Well organised & highly motivated
41. Commitment to equal opportunity
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
42. Ability to drive and have a car for use at work
Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.
Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.
Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.
Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.
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