Band 7 Non Medical Prescriber

We are recruiting for an Independent Non Medical Prescriber in South Bristol Assessment And Recovery Team.

We are a large team that covers south of Bristol area. We are a motivated, friendly and supportive team that are passionate about delivering evidence based interventions to the service users in our community.

We have a diverse service user population which includes the University of the West of England, Approved Premises and high levels of supported housing projects who support service users with complex emotional needs, forensic histories and service users subject to Ministry of Justice restrictions.

You will be well supported operationally by the Team Manager to enable you to thrive in your clinical role. You will also have the support from the highly experienced and stable team of Senior Practitioners at our Petherton office base.

Our office is situated at Petherton Road. We have free parking and access to pool cars and electric bikes for clinical staff to support easy access into the clean air zone and all areas of our community., As an NMP you will work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Practitioner to demonstrate extensive clinical experience and knowledge to contribute to the MDT.

You will be able to manage complex cases autonomously as well as providing supervision and support to junior staff in the team

Your prescribing expertise will enable you to undertake assessments and prescribe independently within the team.

You will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team.

Effective caseload management will be underpinned by robust and effective individual supervision and leadership of clinical meetings.

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.