Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Devizes

Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Devizes

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner to join our team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual, who is looking for a new challenge, working in an ever evolving service. If you are looking to move from inpatient to community, or are a Band 5 ready to step into a specialist role, then we would love to hear from you too. The team has an excellent developmental support package for stepping up into a Band 6 role from a Band 5.

The NWIS is a great place to work allowing you to develop excellent clinical skills, but also leadership skills which you may not get from other roles due to the fast paced and high acuity nature of the service. The team has nurtured many clinicians with personalised training options - from a clinical and leadership perspective. Many of these clinicians have gone on to achieve promotions in the locality which has opened up roles within the team. The Band 6 clinician will work shifts, and this includes evenings and weekends. We are glad to report that there will be no night working. You have the options to request some shifts and we also support flexible working. We would consider full time and part time applications, with flexible working agreements also being considered.

We have recently moved away from the 24 hour working model, so this position will not include any night shifts. The service now operates between 0730 - 2200.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 will have a role leading the team.

Within this role they may:

• Triage referrals to the service and make recommendations.
• Complete holistic psychosocial assessments within the community.
• Complete gatekeeping assessments to facilitate admission when home treatment is not felt to be a viable / safe option.
• Attend Mental Health Act assessments on Bluebell Place of Safety, and formulate home treatment plans if home treatment is indicated.
• Implement Risk Management and Care Plans for the effective home treatment of Service Users utilising least restrictive practice at every opportunity.
• Support with medication management and concordance within community.
• Provide telephone support to service users who ring in during times of crisis.

There will be a comprehensive induction to the role and a supported period of supernumerary to aid with transition.

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 responsibilities

In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users, who may be distressed and in crisis.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner - Nurse/OT/Social worker with up to date registration. Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social Worker

Experience

• Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience gained working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions
• Demonstrates a developed understanding of the recovery principles, and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care
• Awareness of the importance of working and engaging with carers
• Demonstrates substantial experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners
• Experience of supervising junior members of staff
• Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
• Experience leading shifts

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.