Mental Health Practitioner

Interviews will be held on 03 December 2024.

Are you passionate about making a difference and enjoy working as part of a larger team?

Are you eager to use your skills to provide excellent care and progress your career?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Mental Health Practitioner within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in Reading at Prospect Park Hospital with the option to adopt a flexible hybrid working pattern.

The benefits of joining our team include excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive pay and leave arrangements, flexible working opportunities, advanced IT enablement and support, childcare vouchers and so much more.

Reading is a vibrant and diverse town situated to the West of London. It has all the bustle one would want from a large urban conurbation and the tranquility afforded by the Thames and the surrounding countryside

• Applicants will need to be enthusiastic and able to work flexibly and reliably to contribute to the delivery of outstanding care to our patients.
• Applicants will work within a small team and should have the ability to think calmly and logically under pressure and have a positive attitude to maintaining high standards of work at all times, and able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.
• You will be quick to learn, be able to work as part of a team but also possess the ability to work unsupervised, using your own initiative.
• Accuracy and attention to detail is essential for this post with a good level of competency in using all Microsoft applications. Strong organisational skills it essential.
  
  

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 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 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marnie Robinson Job title: Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01189605612