Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Integrated Access Partnership - Bristol

Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Integrated Access Partnership - Bristol

Imagine a role where every day brings new challenges and the opportunity to make a real difference. As a Senior Practitioner with the Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership (IAP), you'll be at the heart of an innovative, multi-agency approach to mental health crisis care. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to pioneer the future of emergency mental health services.

Our award-winning, nationally-recognised initiative brings together Bris Doc Healthcare Services, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Foundation Trust, and South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to provide an integrated front door service for people in mental health crisis across both 999 and 111.

We are seeking a dedicated Senior Practitioner to join our dynamic IAP team. The primary purpose of this role is to deliver high-quality mental health triage, assessment, and care coordination across various settings. You will play a crucial part in our multidisciplinary team, working to ensure patients receive timely, appropriate care that addresses both their mental and physical health needs.

This rotational post offers diverse experiences across multiple bases. You'll be at the heart of our efforts to reduce inappropriate A&E attendances, decrease S136 detentions, and improve outcomes for individuals experiencing mental health crises.

You would be primarily working clinically in the role demonstrating senior practice and leading by example. You will also supervise staff and support the team managers in working towards shared objectives.

• Provide specialist mental health triage and assessment across various settings.
• Offer clinical support and advice to emergency service professionals.
• Coordinate seamless, integrated responses addressing both mental and physical health needs.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Supervise and support team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and excellence.

Contribute to our 24/7 service delivery, including shift work covering days, nights, and weekends.

If you are considering relocating to the region, we can offer up to £8,000 relocation expenses (subject to terms and conditions).

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.

Key Result Areas
1. Under the direction of the Team Manager to be responsible for developing and leading an efficient mental health service for a defined population in accordance with commissioned services.

2. To develop and support a service that delivers high quality effective health and social care interventions which lead to positive outcomes for service users and carers.

3. To lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the care process.

4. To support the team manager to ensure staff within the team ensuring effective processes where this is delegated.

5. To proactively work towards continuous service improvement by positively assisting in the planning and development of services. This could include participating in the design and introduction of a new service, communicating effectively with staff about proposed changes and gaining commitment for change.

6. To support the team manager to supervise and authorise decision making on issues requiring statutory intervention including all aspects of initial investigations and necessary follow-up action.

7. To maintain an awareness of complex cases and projects for which allocated staff are responsible and ensure the team manager is appropriately informed regarding cases of particular risk or concern. This role does not include carrying a caseload.

8. To be responsible for the effective management of workload.

9. To support the team manager to manage the performance of all designated specialist practitioners and mental health workers within the team in line with the…