Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Mental Health Practitioner
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Role Opportunity
We are seeking a Band 7 NMC registered Nurse, OT, Social Worker, Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or someone with a core profession to take up this exciting opportunity to work in the Berkshire West CAMHS Specialist Community Team (SCT). An excellent opportunity has become available for a Band 7 Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to cover Reading and Wokingham and when needed Newbury.
About the Role
CAMHS SCT provides a responsive, formulation led intervention for children and young people experiencing complex mental health difficulties or needing urgent and/or intensive specialist support. The service develops an early, holistic understanding of each young person by coproducing formulations with them, their families and key professionals across education, social care and the voluntary sector. This shared approach clarifies the young person’s difficulties and the systemic factors influencing their presentation and creates the best care plan to meet their needs.
The post holder will join a team of clinicians from various disciplines to provide assessments, care-coordination, and evidence-based psychological interventions to young people and their families. As a senior member of the team, you will be supporting and supervising less experienced and junior members of the team.
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Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families, as appropriate.
- Provide care co-ordination for young people open to the service where appropriate.
- Independently manage an appropriately sized caseload.
- Use supervision effectively.
- Offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate.
- Work with colleagues to support the clinical leadership of the team.
- Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and within a multiagency system.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.
- Contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate.
- Maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives.
Support
You will be supported through regular clinical and management supervision as well as receiving support and guidance through the regular Multi-Disciplinary Team approach.
About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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.
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Our Values 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
Benefits
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
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christina Subrai
- Job title: Team Manager - SCT West
- Email address: christina.subrai@berkshire.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0118 9046780
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