Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
Job overview
Are you looking for a new rewarding position working alongside a fantastically supportive team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?
We are looking for Mental Health or Paediatric Nurses, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapists to join our very well-established Children’s Eating Disorders Service. We are hoping to recruit full time applicants, although part time will be considered.We can provide excellent training and support in working with eating disorders.
You will play an important role providing specialist assessments, care planning and a range of evidence-based interventions. You will work one to one with our patients and their families as well as delivering group treatments.
This will be a varied role working as part of a multidisciplinary team and with professionals across agencies.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 17:00pm. You will primarily be based at either Nicholsons House in Maidenhead or in our NHS site at the University of Reading campus. Both sites offer free (or paid but reclaimable) parking to staff.There is flexibility for some home working.
Main duties of the job
Some of the duties are:
- Assessing children and their families referred to Berkshire Eating Disorders Service.
- Creating care plans for patients referred to the service.
- Delivering a range of specialist interventions.
- Undertaking and reviewing risk assessments.
- Providing specialist advice to and liaising with other professionals.
- Maintaining up to date and accurate clinical records.
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. 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
Compassion towards people struggling with eating disorders and mental health difficulties, and a heartfelt desire to help others.
Resilience which enables you to work in a fast-paced and at times demanding NHS environment.
Commitment to your colleagues and the ability to support each other, “muck in” and pull together as a team.
Creativity and innovation as you will be a part of a team which prides itself on adapting quickly and innovatively to change and challenges.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
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/Training
Essential criteria- Professional qualification as below with additional recognised training in delivering therapeutic interventions
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker, OT
- Current registration with professional body
- Additional post-qualification training equivalent to a minimum of 50 hours, supervision within a specific modality directly related to clinical practice including case presentations, group supervision, attendance of teaching programmes, courses etc.
- A supervisory qualification in the relevant professional discipline or substantial supervision experience.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act and other legal frameworks
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstances
- Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem solving skills in everyday and complex situations
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a team, reprioritising work and that of others work to reflect changing needs.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria- Manage difficult situations with child or young person and their families that have complex mental health conditions and challenging behaviours
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships across teams and agencies.
- Car owner/driver and possess full UK driver’s licence or evidence of ability to travel to designated base and other sites.
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
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