Job summary
Join our award-winning mental health service and be at the forefront of mental health care!
We are recruiting ambitious nurses, social workers and OT's to complete a unique development programme to become a Senior Practitioner in our pioneering Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership (IAP), a collaboration between South Western Ambulance Service, AWP, BrisDoc Healthcare and other key partners.
You will join an innovative team that provides urgent care to those experiencing mental health crises. We operate across 999, 111 and urgent community services to offer urgent and emergency mental health support 24/7. Through telephone, video or face-to-face appointments, you'll carry out specialist assessments to ensure patients get the right care when they need it most.
This role provides an exciting opportunity to progress and expand your skills. You'll start on a band 6 contract by undertaking mental health triage and risk assessments, coordinating with emergency services and developing management plans to support positive outcomes for complex patients.
Upon completion of the 6-12 month development programme, you will transition to a band 7 contract. As well as supervision and lead role responsibilities, you'll be actively using your expertise to enhance our care model by analysing service delivery, identifying and implementing improvements and supporting our integrated, multi-agency approach.
For more information about the IAP, please visit our website: https://bit.ly/_IAP
Main duties of the job
This development opportunity will include a individualised competency framework supporting you to ensure that successful applicants have the necessary skill and experience to undertake the role of a Senior Band 7 Practitioner.
Programme of work will include:
- Designated senior supervisor/mentor for the duration of the programme
- Relevant additional training courses as per development need
- Progression to Band 7 upon completion of competencies within 6-12 months.
- Focus on complex, remote and face to face triage, assessment and clinical interventions.
- Exposure to all workstreams within the IAP
- Working within a national award winning, innovative service.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached band 6 and band 7 job descriptions and person specifications for further details of the specialist practitioner and senior practitioner roles.
Key responsibilities upon completion of the development programme are:
- Part of the senior clinical team within the IAP team
- Managing performance of designated team members
- Providing supervision and clinical leadership within the team
- Supporting the Team Manager with staff development
- Analysing service data to identify areas for improvement
- Positive driver of change and service improvement initiatives
- Ensuring the team complies with governance and policy requirements
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached band 6 and band 7 job descriptions and person specifications for further details of the specialist practitioner and senior practitioner roles.
Key responsibilities upon completion of the development programme are:
- Part of the senior clinical team within the IAP team
- Managing performance of designated team members
- Providing supervision and clinical leadership within the team
- Supporting the Team Manager with staff development
- Analysing service data to identify areas for improvement
- Positive driver of change and service improvement initiatives
- Ensuring the team complies with governance and policy requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration for the following occupations; Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker
- Diploma level/degree in relevant health/social care profession
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification relevant to role
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-registration experience in frontline mental health services
- Experience of mentoring/assessing students and learners
- Experience of assessing risk and developing risk strategies
- Ability to articulate detailed understanding of relevant legal frameworks/legislation
Desirable
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
- Experience of conducting mental health crisis, triage and assessments
- All age Mental Healthcare Experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to deliver from a range of key therapeutic interventions
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, ability to engage with people of all levels of mental health distress
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration for the following occupations; Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker
- Diploma level/degree in relevant health/social care profession
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification relevant to role
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-registration experience in frontline mental health services
- Experience of mentoring/assessing students and learners
- Experience of assessing risk and developing risk strategies
- Ability to articulate detailed understanding of relevant legal frameworks/legislation
Desirable
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
- Experience of conducting mental health crisis, triage and assessments
- All age Mental Healthcare Experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to deliver from a range of key therapeutic interventions
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, ability to engage with people of all levels of mental health distress
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).
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