Mental Health Senior Practitioner For Lap (Local Access Point)

Job summary Slough OPMH has an exciting opportunity if you are interested in integrated working and you are a registered social worker, occupational therapist or registered mental health nurse.
As a member of the OPMH Service, you will represent BHFT mental health services at locality LAP/Cluster/IPCT meetings and be the main point of contact with local multidisciplinary and multi-agency LAP/Cluster/IPCT meetings.
The purpose of these meetings is to deliver an integrated approach to care planning and decision making for frail patients with long term conditions, in line with the Integrated Care Decision Making (ICDM) initiative of the Frimley STP.
You will use your specialist mental health knowledge to support formulation within the LAP and meetings as well as to support the multidisciplinary team to identify which patients discussed could benefit from mental health intervention.
We are a friendly, dynamic and supportive team and you will have regular access to supervision and peer support in your role, as well as opportunities to prioritise your wellbeing.
Main duties of the job To fulfil the requirements of the role, you will need to provide clinical leadership, and offer mental health expertise & guidance to professional colleagues to support integrated decision making and care provision.
You will also need to utilise advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to deliver evidenced based person centred interventions to a small caseload of people with complex mental health needs and offer practical advice and emotional support to their family carers.
You will have the opportunity to meet the multiple and often complex needs of frail patients with long term conditions who are discussed at LAP/Cluster/IPCT meetings through on-going joint assessment of health and wellbeing, including risk assessment, developing, implementing and evaluating intervention plans.
You will help to identify the appropriate level of psychosocial support for individual patients.
To achieve this you will need to be aware of, and understand the full range of support available locally, from third sector through to secondary Mental Health provision.
You will have the opportunity to promote the benefits of integrated working to mental health colleagues and maintain strong links with Integration Leads across the network and colleagues from other agencies.
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 Job description Job responsibilities Our Older persons mental health being an Outstanding, well-led, organisation, and having an Outstanding Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection.
The post holder would therefore be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.For this special opportunity, you will require: Excellent knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act.
Knowledge and experiencing of managing situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations.Specialist knowledge acquired through Masters level training /equivalent experience gained in an older peoples mental health serviceAn understanding of the wider health and social care system and how to operate across boundaries in the STP footprint 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: Rashieda Ebrahim on 0300 247 2001 or email: wholl be delighted to help.
Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Essential Degree in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent professional qualification.
Desirable Dual Qualification eg RGN or Psychological Therapy training Continuous Professional Development Essential Evidence of continuous professional development.
Previous Experience Essential Experience of operating successfully within the Care Programme Approach.
Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students.
Substantial experience of managing complex caseloads.
Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential Excellent knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act.
Knowledge and experiencing of managing situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations.
Specialist knowledge acquired through Masters level training /equivalent experience gained in an older peoples mental health Understanding of the wider health and social care system and how to operate across boundaries in the STP footprint Exceptional interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation and reporting skills.
Ability to engage and communicate with a wide range of professionals, staff and other service stakeholders Excellent presentation, facilitation and teaching skills Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions Ability to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstances.
Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem solving skills in everyday and complex situations.
Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, MS office and the internet) Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a team, reprioritising work and that of others work to reflect changing needs.
Ability to contribute to service development and evaluation.
Additional Requirements Essential Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service with the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position.
Ability to work on own initiative.
Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
Willing to work flexible hours if required between 8am - 8pm