Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 6 Assessor and Coordinator Nursing - Bristol

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 assessor/care coordinator in the Bristol Early Intervention for Psychosis Service. The role is specifically for a registered mental health nurse due to the needs of the service at this time.

The Early Intervention for Psychosis Service will provide help and support to young people over 14 years and under 35 years of age for 3 years following a first episode psychosis or for a limited period where there may be a possible psychosis.

The team is multidisciplinary, consisting of Peer Support Worker, Physical Health Worker, Mental Health Support Workers, Individual Placement Support Workers, Care coordinators with Occupational Therapy, Nursing or Social work registrations, Administrators, Consultant Psychiatrist, Team Manager, Senior Practitioners, Non Medical Prescribers, Psychologists, Cognitive Behaviour Therapists in Psychosis and many of the team are trained in Family Intervention for Psychosis.Bristol Mental Health is a partnership organisation within AWP.

The successful candidate with be able to bring relevant skills and experience to the role, and also be able to develop further due to the opportunities for in house learning and a wide range of supervisions that the team offer.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate needs to have a current registration with NMC, Social Care England or HCPC.The role includes Care Coordination to provide support to our Service Users and their friends and families. Linking in with the MDT, ensuring support, treatment and interventions are offered within good time, and build relationships with the teams and organisations the EI service works closely with, E.G, Crisis teams, Partnership organisations, Hospital inpatient units etc. In addition there will be opportunities to co-facilitate the service's wellbeing, social and therapy groups.

In addition the successful candidate will take part and lead on the assessments of people referred to our service using the Comprehensive Assessment of an At Risk Mental State, an assessment tool widely used in Early Intervention Teams in the UK.

The Early Intervention Service is part of the Bristol Mental Health Partnership which includes the organisations of Second Step, Off The Record, Missing Link, SARI and Richmond Fellowship in addition to Rethink Mental Health.BMH is part of Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS trust who are committed to the wellbeing and support of their staff and provide opportunities for career development and training.

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.

Date posted

23 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year (Pay award pending)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-BR227-0924

Job locations

Campbell House

Montague Place Kingsdown

Bristol

BS6 5UB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached detailed job description and person specification which outlines the full responsibilities of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached detailed job description and person specification which outlines the full responsibilities of the post.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

Professional registration in Mental Health Nursing (Part 13)
Broad Based post registration experience in mental health including working with first episode psychosis.
Wide knowledge of medication, Physical Health needs and ability to administer depots.
Appropriate post registration training in Psychosocial interventions
Experience of care coordination.

Desirable

Training in Family Interventions for Psychosis, CBT interventions
Trained in using the Comprehensive Assessment of and at risk mental state (CAARMS)
Training/Experience in mentoring student nurses.
Experience of group facilitation

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

Professional registration in Mental Health Nursing (Part 13)
Broad Based post registration experience in mental health including working with first episode psychosis.
Wide knowledge of medication, Physical Health needs and ability to administer depots.
Appropriate post registration training in Psychosocial interventions
Experience of care coordination.

Desirable

Training in Family Interventions for Psychosis, CBT interventions
Trained in using the Comprehensive Assessment of and at risk mental state (CAARMS)
Training/Experience in mentoring student nurses.
Experience of group facilitation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Campbell House

Montague Place Kingsdown

Bristol

BS6 5UB

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Campbell House

Montague Place Kingsdown

Bristol

BS6 5UB

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)