Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner

Overview

South Wiltshire Intensive Service are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Practitioner to join our team. We are based at Fountain Way Hospital in Salisbury. This is an exciting opportunity, where no 2 days will be the same. As a Band 6 you will need to be comfortable working autonomously in a challenging and changeable environment. You will be welcomed into a supportive, multi-disciplinary team comprised of mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists that are passionate about the care they deliver.

The successful candidate will receive a thorough induction to the team to ensure that they feel confident in fulfilling their role.

• Provide assessment and home treatment to people in personal crisis and/or to prevent hospital admission.
• You will work with a range of other services, such as community mental health teams, a variety of wards, A&E, Mental Health Liaison and many more to ensure the best care pathway possible for people.
• You will be responsible for undertaking emergency and urgent assessments and have responsibility for care planning and assessing risks with the people we support and their carers to ensure evidence based interventions are delivered in line with the Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan.
• You will be responsible for the 'gate keeping' function of the team, where assessments are required to review whether hospital admission is indicated or whether home treatment is a safe alternative.
• When required, you will work alongside our community mental health team colleagues to provide a 'wrap around' service to support risk reduction plans and prevent the need for hospital admissions.
• You will also work with health and social care teams, primary care colleagues, third sector/voluntary agencies, community groups and other statutory agencies.
• We place huge emphasis on Continued Professional Development and will support staff with attaining further training. Currently, within the team we have individuals that have completed Non-medical prescribing and become DBT accredited.

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. AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name:
Rob Hale

Job title:

Team Manager
Email:
Telephone:

If Rob is not available please contact Rose Archer or Kat Sheeley on the number provided.

• Entry level

• Full-time

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