Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

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Full time
Location: Thatcham
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Job offered by: NHS
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Berkshire Healthcares vision is to provide the best care in the right place; developing and delivering excellent services in local communities with people and their families to improve their health, well-being and independence. We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all of our staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring high quality care is delivered. Main duties of the job

Be responsible for the formulation, execution and evaluation of a care plan for a designated number of patients who may present with significant complexity within a multidisciplinary team. To communicate complex and sensitive information and advice to service users, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, to find ways of enabling the information to be understood, providing empathy and reassurance. Provide effective analysis of a range of facts and inputs to establish and apply an evidence based formulation and options of care that can be negotiated with the service users and appropriate judgments made that best improve the opportunity of the service users recovery and which mitigates risk to themselves of others. Effectively manage complex and sensitive situations and condition related information and situations to service users, other professionals and external agencies, where there may be barriers to understanding or a hostile and antagonistic working environment. Maintain and develop relationships with professionals external to the area of service, service users and their significant others (where appropriate) within the area of service/specialism. About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts. Career Progression:

access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges. Work-life Balance:

flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave. Opportunity & Access:

over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want. Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role. Person Specification

Experience

Experience through previous roles of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of post qualification and ongoing commitment to learning. Qualifications

Registered Mental Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. Qualification in Mental Health Nursing. Travel

Driving Licence and car as this is a Community post. Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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