Senior Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Are you passionate about improving the mental and physical wellbeing of care home residents? We're seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our Care Home Support Team , working alongside Registered Nurses, Therapists, GPs and wider MDT colleagues to deliver holistic, person-centred care across East Berkshire.

This is a unique role for someone who is passionate about supporting care homes to build their knowledge and embed therapeutic techniques through teaching, reviewing care plans, signposting and guiding care pathways. You'll have the opportunity to support holistic management of complex mental health needs, acting as a key resource for care home teams to enabling them to ensure residents receive safe, person-centred care to the highest standards in line with the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework.

You will work closely with care home staff and multidisciplinary teams, using coaching techniques to build staff confidence and competence in managing mental health conditions, promoting best practice and reducing avoidable hospital admissions. Giving care homes the opportunities engage in areas of practice that they wish to develop and enabling you to embark in projects to improve mental health care.

Excellent communication, compassion and a holistic approach are key in this role in driving improvements in resident care.

Apply now to help shape mental and physical health support for care home residents.

To build good working relationships with the care homes in the area.

Advise care homes on management of dementia, mental health symptoms and management, mental capacity, DOLs and safeguarding.

Support implementing service redesign initiatives which meet local and national priorities and are in line with commissioning intentions.

Provide education to care homes via TEAMS or face to face on mental health issues, champion work and areas of care the home has identified as a need . This could be formal or informally with role modelling /upskilling.

Provide a holistic assessment to aid medical diagnosis, management and treatment of complex residents in the care home environment and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions or placement failure.

Work in collaboration with other members of the MDT, Mental Health teams, LA Care Quality teams and the Integrated Care Board.

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

The 3/4 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:

You must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register.

Experience in elderly mental health and some teaching skill or enthusiasm.

Experience of informal teaching

Car driver with business insurance, ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites

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. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

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

Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found.