Mental Health Practitioner

Trust:BerkshireHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location:Prospect ParkHospital, Reading RG30 4EJ

Ward:ReadingCommunity Mental Health Service

Banding:Band 6

Shift Patterns:37.5 hours, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Why might this job interest you?

BerkshireHealthcares vision is to provide the best care in the rightplace; developingand delivering excellent services in local communities with people and theirfamilies to improve their health,well-beingand independence.We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the rightbehaviours and work hard to create a culture which respectsallofour staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring highquality care is delivered.

Main duties of the job

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.

Positively promote independent living of service users within the community by promoting independent daily living within the local community (living ordinary lives) through regular and practical support to individuals and their carers.

Responsible for the accurate maintenance of clinical record keeping and the required communication of individual patient care packages for the post holders area of responsibility/specialism.

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 serviceusers recovery and which mitigates risk to themselves or others.

Working alongside service users to identify their needs and goals utilising the RiO assessment, Trust agreed outcomes measures and the Wellness, Recovery Action Plan.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification Experience

• Previous knowledge and experience of working in the community and with service users who have complex mental health needs.
• Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe/significant mental illness.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Practitioner.
• Degree in health/social care or equivalent qualification/experience.

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.