Senior Mental Health Practitioner

at  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our Stabilisation Team where you will find yourself primarily working with people with emotionally unstable personality disorder.
Do you feel like you never have the time or space to work with clients in real and meaningful ways? Do you find you’re left holding risks on your own? Although the work can be stressful the team is structured around ensuring risk is thought about, shared and held collectively. We prioritise considerable space for reflection and supervision both with colleagues and senior staff.
We welcome qualified Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Clinical/Counselling Psychologists to apply for this Band 7 opportunity. Experience dependent, this position may be offered as a progression post from Band 6 to 7.
You will be joining a small, progressive team comprising of mental health
practitioners, a Lived Experience Practitioner and a Clinical Psychologist.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic professional who is genuinely interested in working with individuals who experience emotional instability. We require a reflective practitioner, who is compassionate and considerate towards others and able to work with positive risk for the benefit of individuals.
Working pattern and Service operating hours
The Team’s current operating hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

JOB ROLE INCLUDES:

Community based
Offer short-term (up to 12 weeks) intensive individual psychologically informed interventions for stabilisation
Flexibility to be eclectic in interventions
Collaborative approach based on the individuals needs and priorities towards a life worth living
Contribute towards the psychological formulation of the individual
Work collaboratively and with colleagues and other teams to manage risk in a positive and inclusive way
Supporting other services and treatment teams
Supervision of junior staff within a multidisciplinary team
Weekly team supervision and support
Monthly individual supervision offered as a minimum with an identified supervisor
If desired, there may be opportunities to work across ASSIST and other IMPACTT services.
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.

THE 4 “MUST HAVES” FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE:

An interest and enthusiasm to work with individuals who have a diagnosis of EUPD/emotion dysregulation
Degree level Professional qualification (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapy, Social worker, Clinical/Counselling Psychologist and current professional registration)
Minimum of 2 years’ post qualification experience of working with adults with mental health problems
Car driver & possess full UK driver’s license or evidence of ability to travel to designated base & other sites to fulfil the requirements of the position.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
For an informal discussion about the post or to answer any questions that you may have, please call Alison McClements (Team Lead) on 07890 597244 or email: Alison.Mcclements@berkshire.nhs.uk and/or Heather Tomlinson (Clinical Lead Psychologist) on 07976 430992 or email: Heather.Tomlinson@berkshire.nhs.u