Mental Health Practitioner - Maidenhead, United Kingdom - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Are you an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated registered Mental Health nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker looking to secure the next step in your career or to take on a new challenge within Older People's Mental Health Services? If so, come and join our friendly and innovative team where you'll enjoy a Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm working pattern and the opportunity to work across the teams in the Memory Clinic, CMHT and HTT to gain variety of experience.
You will be responsible for managing your own caseload, working collaboratively with other disciplines from both statutory and voluntary sectors as well as contributing towards the development of the service.
You may get the opportunity to take a lead in an area of special interest, such as working with carers or Younger People with Dementia.
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.
- Undertaking Memory assessments of patients and conduct semistructured interviews with family members and others involved in a patient's care.
- Using Memory assessment cognitive tests
- Assessing current risks and identify how the risk and patient health needs would be best met.
- Promoting and developing evidence based practice working within NICE guidelines.
- Collaborating with members of the integrated Older Adults Mental health team to provide advice and support where required.
- Supervising junior staff and students.
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:
- 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 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
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
The "must haves" for this role:
- Registered Mental Health nurse or equivalent.
- Experience of working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment.
- Ability to drive and have a car for use at work
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