Advanced Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

Community Mental Health Services | One Team at Place

Are you a passionate and experienced mental health professional looking to make a meaningful impact at senior level? We are seeking an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to join our WAM Community Mental Health Service, delivering high quality, recovery focused care to adults (18+) with Significant Mental Illness. You will work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, collaborating with GPs, Specialist Mental Health Services, Social Care and voluntary sector partners.

Using a biopsychosocial and strengths-based approach, you will ensure people receive timely assessment, evidence-based interventions and seamless support across services.

• Manage a complex clinical caseload encompassing low, moderate and high risk presentations, providing named worker interventions and expert clinical leadership.
• Offer day-to-day guidance, supervision and development for junior clinicians and Community Connectors, supporting access to community and voluntary sector resources.
• Lead clinical decision making, risk management and governance, ensuring safe transitions between services and promoting an easy in, easy out model of care.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and partnership working, embedding a culture of recovery, inclusion and continuous learning.
• Provide high-quality assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for adults with low to complex mental health needs within WAM Community Mental Health Services.
• Lead on risk assessment, care planning and clinical decision-making as named worker and in line with recovery-focused and biopsychosocial models of care.
• Collaborate with GPs, Specialist Mental Health Services, Social Care and voluntary sector partners to ensure seamless transitions and an easy in, easy out approach to care.
• Provide expert clinical advice to the team, contribute to service allocation decisions, escalation to urgent care when required, and support safe discharge planning.
• Promote strength-based practice and effective use of community assets as part of supervision and development for the team.
• Lead on clinical governance and risk management, ensure compliance with Trust policies, maintain high-quality clinical records, and contribute to audit and quality improvement activities.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we are committed to providing the best possible care and an inclusive, compassionate environment where staff can flourish.

• A relevant professional qualification (e.g. Mental Health Nursing) with current professional registration.
• Significant (5 years) post-qualification experience of working with adults (18+) experiencing significant or complex mental health needs within community or secondary mental health services.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a complex clinical caseload, including risk assessment, formulation, care planning and delivery of evidence-based interventions.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, and in partnership with primary care, social care, specialist services and voluntary sector organisations.
• Experience of clinical leadership, including supervision, guidance or mentorship to junior staff or trainees.
• Strong knowledge and application of clinical governance, safeguarding, risk management and relevant mental health legislation.
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions in complex, high-risk or urgent situations, including escalation pathways.
• Commitment to recovery-focused, strengths-based and person-centred practice, using a biopsychosocial approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage service users, carers and professionals sensitively and effectively.
• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, delivering culturally responsive and respectful care.
• Confidence in maintaining high-quality clinical records and using electronic patient record systems in line with policy.
• Commitment to continuous professional development, quality…