Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Integrated Access Partnership (IAP)

Job overview

Please see our additional info sheet for full details of our service.

Are you passionate about transforming urgent mental health care? Join our award-winning Integrated Access Partnership (IAP) as a Specialist Practitioner and be part of an innovative service that's revolutionising crisis care.

As a Specialist Practitioner in the IAP, you'll primarily provide expert mental health assessments and interventions over the phone, but also conduct occasional face-to-face assessments in IAP settings, including:

• 999 Emergency Operations Centre.
• NHS 111 Mental Health Clinical Assessment Service.
• Mental Health Response Vehicle for community assessments.

You'll work on a rotation basis across these services, delivering timely and compassionate care to those experiencing mental health crises. Your clinical expertise will be vital in triaging calls, conducting face-to-face assessments, and supporting both patients and emergency service colleagues.

This is a 24/7 service and specialist practitioners will be required to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and bank holidays, rotating across the model.

We offer:

• Competitive NHS Band 6 salary.
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme.
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Chance to be part of an award-winning, innovative service.
• Supportive team environment focused on staff wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Specialist Practitioner, you will demonstrate specialist practice and lead by example. You will also help supervise staff, supporting senior practitioners and team managers in working towards shared objectives.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues from Police, Ambulance, and Fire services, triaging and supporting people of all ages.

Through our collaborative approach, we aim to achieve:

• Reductions in inappropriate detention for S136 MHA.
• Reductions in demand for ambulance resources in relation to mental health.
• Improved communication as a result of partnership working.
• Improved emergency service confidence in dealing with people suffering from mental health issues.
• Faster responses to deal with those suffering from mental health problems.
• Reductions in numbers of people accessing A&E when this is not the most suitable service for their needs.
• Improved information sharing between agencies.
• Improved patient outcomes and experience.
• Improved working relationships between police and health services.
• Reductions in police dispatch to mental health incidents.
• Direct access to mental health services.

Find out more about the IAP in the information document below and through watching our service video:

About the Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership - YouTube