A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge?
Are you seeking a role in an innovative crisis team committed to excellence in young people's mental health care?
Take your next step within our CAMHS Rapid Response team! Be part of a team that prioritizes communication, compassion, and collaboration to deliver mental health support for patients and their families.
In this role, you’ll conduct high-quality mental health assessments and deliver short-term interventions to young people in crisis. You'll collaborate with CAMHS services as well as local authorities, educational partners, and other key services.
We’ve recently undergone an exciting transformation to further support the young people we work with. We now run a 24 service for our clients and your role will include evening and weekend shifts on a rotational basis. Shifts will be at Upton Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital.
Our CAMHS Rapid Response team champion staff wellbeing and are committed to your professional growth and development. You’ll work with a diverse range of clinicians with multi-disciplinary backgrounds and value the exceptional peer and management support.
You’ll have experience in mental health and complex needs within CAMHS or a crisis team, as at Band 7 you’ll need the knowledge and ability to supervise shifts.
Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!
• Conduct high quality assessments and clinical formulations.
• Respond to crisis calls from young people and their families.
• Provide short-term interventions and follow ups, and make ongoing referrals as needed.
• Lead shifts and supervise other clinicians.
• Maintain and develop key relationships with professionals, patients, and families.
• Ensure accurate clinical record-keeping.
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 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 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
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The 4“must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
• Degree in a relevant field and a core profession (e.g., Social Worker, Nurse, OT) and registration with relevant body
• Experience with mental health and complex needs and skilled in mental health assessments and formulation.
• Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle.
• The ability and experience to supervise shifts
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 happy to answer any questions that you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to contact emily.perrin@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.
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.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024
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