Job summary
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 a qualified Mental Health Practitioner to join our very well-established Children's Eating Disorders Service based in Maidenhead or Reading.
Our service provides assessment and treatments for children across Berkshire.
You will have good interpersonal and communication skills as you will be providing motivational and emotional support to a variety of high need clients.
As a service we are very committed to our staff with clear training and opportunities for career development.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 17:00pm, with some flexibility for homeworking. Part time application will be considered.
Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!
Main duties of the job
About us
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
Job description
Job 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 inand 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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to contact Emma Regan via email: emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job 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 inand 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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to contact Emma Regan via email: emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification e.g. RMN, Social Worker, OT
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate team-working principles.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive, distressing experiences
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment for Children and adolescents with Eating Disorders
- Experience of working with a variety of clients including people presenting with eating Disorders
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- MHA and other relevant legislation
- Risk assessment process and CPA
- Experience with CPA coordination, creative and adaptable care planning and overseeing multi-faceted risk management plans.
- Clinical governance
- Evidence based practice
- Use of Microsoft software
- Skilled in identifying and differentiating between a wide range of diagnoses
- Confident to recommend treatment approaches appropriate to patients' psychological needs
- Time management and workload prioritisation skills
- Capable of remaining calm during crisis situations
- Advanced interpersonal/communication skills
- Willingness to embrace and/or maximise the potential improvements to patient care that new technologies are able to deliver
Desirable
- Nurse prescriber or interest in nurse prescribing (Psychiatric Nurse) or experience of dietitian protocols
- Teaching and group facilitation skills
- Leadership Abilities
- Thorough knowledge of the network of support services for patients and carers, and the means of accessing them
- Experience of providing teaching, training, consultation and supervision to a range of professionals and interest in developing these skills further in a field of eating disorders
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
- Demonstrates a flexible approach to working practices and mobility for delivery of service.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification e.g. RMN, Social Worker, OT
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate team-working principles.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive, distressing experiences
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment for Children and adolescents with Eating Disorders
- Experience of working with a variety of clients including people presenting with eating Disorders
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- MHA and other relevant legislation
- Risk assessment process and CPA
- Experience with CPA coordination, creative and adaptable care planning and overseeing multi-faceted risk management plans.
- Clinical governance
- Evidence based practice
- Use of Microsoft software
- Skilled in identifying and differentiating between a wide range of diagnoses
- Confident to recommend treatment approaches appropriate to patients' psychological needs
- Time management and workload prioritisation skills
- Capable of remaining calm during crisis situations
- Advanced interpersonal/communication skills
- Willingness to embrace and/or maximise the potential improvements to patient care that new technologies are able to deliver
Desirable
- Nurse prescriber or interest in nurse prescribing (Psychiatric Nurse) or experience of dietitian protocols
- Teaching and group facilitation skills
- Leadership Abilities
- Thorough knowledge of the network of support services for patients and carers, and the means of accessing them
- Experience of providing teaching, training, consultation and supervision to a range of professionals and interest in developing these skills further in a field of eating disorders
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
- Demonstrates a flexible approach to working practices and mobility for delivery of service.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
