Description

• Job title: Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner.

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• Employer: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP).

• Location: Gloucester House, Dorian Way, Bristol, BS10 5NB, England, United Kingdom.

• Salary: Advertised at around £39,959–£48,117 per annum (Band 6).

• Employment type: Not specified in the supplied listing.

• Work arrangement: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, involving rotational shifts, including nights and weekends.

• Contract: Permanent.

Job overview:

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting an experienced Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner to join its North Bristol Crisis Service. The successful candidate will provide urgent mental health assessments and intensive specialist interventions to adults experiencing severe mental health difficulties and emotional distress.

The role focuses on supporting individuals at risk of psychiatric hospital admission through personalised treatment, crisis management and coordinated community-based care. The practitioner will work autonomously while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, families, carers and other healthcare services to manage complex needs, reduce risks and promote recovery.

Responsibilities

• Undertake emergency mental health assessments across different locations and care settings.

• Assess patients’ mental health, physical health, social circumstances, functional needs and risk factors.

• Develop, deliver and review comprehensive treatment and recovery programmes.

• Provide specialist therapeutic interventions, including CBT, psychosocial and family interventions.

• Develop crisis plans, rapid access plans and advance statements in collaboration with patients and carers.

• Implement risk management strategies and appropriate safeguarding measures.

• Support individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental health conditions.

• Coordinate intensive interventions with primary care, inpatient services, voluntary organisations and community teams.

• Conduct carers’ assessments and provide guidance to families supporting individuals with mental health difficulties.

• Promote recovery-focused care by recognising patients’ strengths, aspirations and personal goals.

• Maintain accurate electronic and paper patient records.

• Manage personal caseloads and coordinate the daily workload of other team members.

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, mentoring and training to colleagues and students.

• Participate in service development, clinical governance and quality improvement activities.

Requirements

• Diploma or degree in a relevant health or social care profession, such as Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work.

• Current professional registration with the NMC or HCPC, as appropriate to the profession.

• Substantial post-registration experience in frontline adult mental health services.

• Experience conducting mental health assessments and delivering therapeutic interventions.

• Knowledge of recovery-focused care and secondary mental health services.

• Ability to deliver CBT, psychosocial, family and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) approaches.

• Experience conducting risk assessments and developing risk management plans.

• Experience undertaking carers’ assessments.

• Strong communication, leadership, mentoring and supervisory skills.

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Programme Approach (CPA) and safeguarding legislation.

• Competence in Microsoft Office and electronic patient record systems.

• Empathy, resilience and ability to manage challenging situations.

• Ability to travel across geographically dispersed locations.

Note: Newly qualified social workers may apply but will initially be appointed at Band 5 and can progress to Band 6 after successfully completing their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).

Benefits

• Competitive NHS Band 6 salary.

• Permanent full-time employment.

• Generous annual leave entitlement.

• Supportive and friendly multidisciplinary working environment.

• Regular clinical, management and caseload supervision.

• Opportunities for continuing professional development and further training.

• Mentoring and professional development opportunities.

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

• Staff financial support and discount opportunities.

• Flexible working arrangements where operationally possible.

• Opportunities to develop clinical leadership and specialist mental health experience.

• Supportive workplace culture that values diversity, inclusion and staff wellbeing.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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