Mental Health Senior Practitioner for Integrated

The integrated care practitioner role is well established within Bracknell. If you are energetic, a team player with a good skillset for autonomous working and decision making; you will be the right person to come and work as part of the Integrated Care Team.

The role is truly situated in between the services to prevent people falling between the gaps; you will be able to guide the person on correct pathway so there are “no wrong doors”. You are working closely with community nursing colleagues as well as local authority colleagues from Bracknell Forest, discussing new referrals and completing home visits.

This is a hybrid role, whilst being able to work from home, you’ll also have opportunity to work at Bracknell CMHT OA, Church Hill House and Bracknell Forest Council, Time Square.

Y ou will be a well-respected member of Bracknell CMHT for Older Adults and the Integrated Care Team, this is a matrix management model - your operational supervision will be provided by the service manager of the Integrated Service, your clinical supervision will be provided from Bracknell CMHTOA.

Your caseload will come from the work you undertake within the Integrated Care Team, you will work closely both Adult Social Care and CMHTOA in Bracknell, you’ll attend referrals meeting to provide steer as part of the integrated work.

To represent BHFT mental health services at locality LAP/Cluster/Care Home meetings. To screen referrals, identify any further information which needs more exploration to be able to identify a correct pathway.

To provide clinical leadership, and offer mental health expertise & guidance to professional colleagues and assist in formulation to support integrated decision making and care provision

To meet the multiple and often complex needs of frail patients with long term conditions who are discussed, through on-going joint assessment of health and wellbeing, including risk assessment, developing, implementing and evaluating intervention plans.

To support the multidisciplinary team to identify which patients discussed could benefit from mental health intervention.

To work as an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for mental health assessments establishing a formulation and implementing the clinical management required.

For those patients not requiring secondary mental health input, to support navigation of the health and social care system by recommending the most appropriate level of psychological support from the range of provisions available.

To hold a small caseload requiring more complex mental health support.

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.

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

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**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

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 integrated care extends to working closely with partners, including GP’s and community nursing teams when discussing more complex patients in cluster meetings.

The team has access to local authority training as well as Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust training. Both provide good opportunities for external training.

The Integrated Care Team is inclusive, friendly team with different professionals lining together. We look forward welcoming you to our team

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
Degree in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent professional qualification or Dual Qualification eg RGN

Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students.

Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.

Exceptional interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation and reporting skills. Ability to engage and communicate with a wide range of professionals, staff and other service stakeholders

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s b