Band 6 Specialist Recovery Practitioner (Psychotic P/way) - Warminster

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Warminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job overview

Are you Dynamic? Motivated? Passionate about community based care? A registered Mental Health Nurse?

If you can answer yes to these questions then we want you to apply for our Band 6 post in West Wilts CMHT. We are redesigning the model of care based on identified pathways and looking for clinicians who are skilled or have an interest in training to deliver interventions to service users on a psychotic pathway.

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 NQSW’s 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.

Main duties of the job

If you are up for the challenge this is an exciting opportunity for clinicians to work in a focused way developing skills for an identified group of individuals in a psychotic pathway improving the outcomes and experience for our service users and their carers.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the care co-ordination of a complex caseload of service users who have psychotic illnesses, this may include service users with co-existing substance misuse issues.

The role will involve providing therapeutic interventions yourself and also linking in with other professionals to co-ordinate their interventions, this will all be done within the CPA process.

1. Care co-ordination of a complex caseload of service users with psychotic illnesses.
2. Leading the CPA process.
3. Multi-agency working.
4. Risk management working.
5. Administration of medications.
6. Fulfilling the CMHT duty worker role on a rolling rota.