Job summary
Are you a passionate and experienced clinician looking to make a meaningful impact in community mental health? This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at a time of development and positive change, with the successful candidate helping to shape the future direction of the service.
We support adults aged 18-75 with severe and enduring mental illness, promoting recovery, independence, and improved quality of life. As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred care while providing strong clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team of around 40 staff.
You will lead on complex clinical cases, provide support and guidance to colleagues, and help ensure the service continues to deliver safe, effective, and recovery-focused care to empower individuals to understand their experiences and work towards goals such as returning to college, university, or employment.
This part-time role (18.75 hours) offers flexible working with no fixed days, alongside excellent opportunities for professional development and a strong work-life balance.
Applications for this vacancy will be considered in the order in which they are received, the vacancy may close early if the right candidate is found. We recommend you apply today to ensure you don't miss out on starting your journey with us!
Main duties of the job
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Contribute to thedelivery of specialist interventions,with a particular focus onpsychosocial interventions,physical health/wellbeingand supporting informed treatment decisions insevere and enduring mental illness.
About us
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. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the 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
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Professional qualification as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist (OT), with current registration with the relevant professional body.
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty (e.g. Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Non-Medical Prescriber, CBT or Psychosocial Interventions) or equivalent proven experience.
- Substantial experience at Band 7 level or above within the relevant specialty area.
- Proven leadership experience within a clinical or service setting.
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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Maureen Rawson 0118 9043200, or email: maureen.rawson@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Professional qualification as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist (OT), with current registration with the relevant professional body.
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty (e.g. Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Non-Medical Prescriber, CBT or Psychosocial Interventions) or equivalent proven experience.
- Substantial experience at Band 7 level or above within the relevant specialty area.
- Proven leadership experience within a clinical or service setting.
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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Maureen Rawson 0118 9043200, or email: maureen.rawson@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration NMC, SW, OT
- Post graduate qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience
- Teaching and mentoring qualification or demonstrable skills
Desirable
- MSc level qualification or equivalen
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post-registration experience (Band 7 or above) in speciality area
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
- Experience working with service users who present with challenging and complex behaviour
- Experience in clinical audit
- Experience in project facilitation
- Experience of MDT mental health team working
- Experience of providing information to mental health patients
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience in training of other staff
- Demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills for communicating with public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and numeracy/ calculation skills
- Advanced IT skills
- Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to critically appraise research and incorporate into practice
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Demonstrates support for the values and beliefs of the patient group and those of the Trust
Additional requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration NMC, SW, OT
- Post graduate qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience
- Teaching and mentoring qualification or demonstrable skills
Desirable
- MSc level qualification or equivalen
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post-registration experience (Band 7 or above) in speciality area
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
- Experience working with service users who present with challenging and complex behaviour
- Experience in clinical audit
- Experience in project facilitation
- Experience of MDT mental health team working
- Experience of providing information to mental health patients
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience in training of other staff
- Demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills for communicating with public and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and numeracy/ calculation skills
- Advanced IT skills
- Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to critically appraise research and incorporate into practice
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Demonstrates support for the values and beliefs of the patient group and those of the Trust
Additional requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
