• Job Description

  Req#: C9371-24-0245?language=en&page=129&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  What's special about this opportunity?

  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.

  We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having an 'Outstanding' rating overall. Being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'Managers across Berkshire Healthcare promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values.'

  Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.

  We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.

  Main duties of the job

  • Support the clinical team in the development of individualised support plans
  • Key role in supporting service users to identify their recovery goals.
  • Provide guidance to support improved lifestyle choices
  • Support access to relevant resources and services within the community.

  About us

  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa 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

  Date posted

  08 February 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  371-MHS269

  Job locations

  Care Pathways Newbury

  Hillcroft House

  Thatcham

  RG18 3HR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, wed love to hear from you.

  We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please dont hesitate to contact Maureen Rawson Maureen.rawson@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.

  Wed love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, wed love to hear from you.

  We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please dont hesitate to contact Maureen Rawson Maureen.rawson@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.

  Wed love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • Good general educational qualifications including English & Maths at GCSE grade C or above or equivalent
  • Significant equivalent relevant experience in community mental health setting together with relevant short courses and willingness to undertake required level 5 healthcare qualification
  • IT literate

  Desirable

  • Degree in relevant health science (eg Psychology or equivalent.) ORFoundation Degree Health and Social Science

  Continuous Professional Development

  Essential

  • Commitment to undertake further required training, professional development and self-improvement to support patient care and experience. (Level of training required will be dependent on existing level of qualifications and competency)

  Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Robust and relevant experience within healthcare settings

  Desirable

  • Experience working within mental health settings

  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing at all levels including with patients, carers and MDT members/Trust employees
  • Ability to take on and complete delegated tasks in accordance with the competency framework
  • To be able to demonstrate skills in promoting patient engagement in individual and group interventions
  • To be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
  • Able to work effectively with colleagues, patients and their families
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Ability to understand and evaluate risk to maintain patient safetyful environment
  • Ability to work in a stressful environment

  Desirable

  • Demonstrable understanding of a Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
  • Knowledge of and skills in psychological interventions or willingness to develop
  • To be able to demonstrate understanding and knowledge of recovery focused interventions

  Additional Requirements

  Essential

  • Honest, trustworthy, reliable Understand the limits of your abilities

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • Good general educational qualifications including English & Maths at GCSE grade C or above or equivalent
  • Significant equivalent relevant experience in community mental health setting together with relevant short courses and willingness to undertake required level 5 healthcare qualification
  • IT literate

  Desirable

  • Degree in relevant health science (eg Psychology or equivalent.) ORFoundation Degree Health and Social Science

  Continuous Professional Development

  Essential

  • Commitment to undertake further required training, professional development and self-improvement to support patient care and experience. (Level of training required will be dependent on existing level of qualifications and competency)

  Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Robust and relevant experience within healthcare settings

  Desirable

  • Experience working within mental health settings

  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing at all levels including with patients, carers and MDT members/Trust employees
  • Ability to take on and complete delegated tasks in accordance with the competency framework
  • To be able to demonstrate skills in promoting patient engagement in individual and group interventions
  • To be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
  • Able to work effectively with colleagues, patients and their families
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Ability to understand and evaluate risk to maintain patient safetyful environment
  • Ability to work in a stressful environment

  Desirable

  • Demonstrable understanding of a Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
  • Knowledge of and skills in psychological interventions or willingness to develop
  • To be able to demonstrate understanding and knowledge of recovery focused interventions

  Additional Requirements

  Essential

  • Honest, trustworthy, reliable Understand the limits of your abilities

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Care Pathways Newbury

  Hillcroft House

  Thatcham

  RG18 3HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Care Pathways Newbury

  Hillcroft House

  Thatcham

  RG18 3HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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