Band 6 Specialist Recovery Practitioner (PCL) - Bristol
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Job summary
Bristol Triage are looking for Band 6 Registered practitioners, from either Nursing, OT or Social work backgrounds
We provide access to a rapid, comprehensive and prioritised specialist mental health triage service.
We recruit Band 6 Registered practitioners who ideally have a Community background as familiarity with services across Bristol is crucial. Although with Inpatient experience and an understanding of services with AWP we are able to offer a detailed and bespoke induction dependant on experience, including time spent with our Crisis and Recovery teams to understand their services.
You will be working alongside Medical colleagues that sit within the team but also engaging with other secondary service colleagues and primary and voluntary services so building a breadth of working relationships and confidence and understanding of all the services across Bristol.
Ensuring our staff are adequately equipped to feel confident and develop their Triage skills we offer a range of training opportunities such as comprehensive Suicide and self-harm awareness and emotional resilience modules.
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.
Main duties of the job
This role is focussed on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments to people with severe and enduring mental health needs, and their carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well being needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.
The post holder will also provide clinical leadership and supervision to team members. Always under the overarching framework of CPA, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning delivery and review of activities and interventions against identified health, social care and well being needs, acting as care coordinator for a defined group of service users.
The role will also require undertaking and delivering specific health or social care assessments and interventions, according to care clusters, including identified service users on other caseloads. This maybe either on a one to one basis, or as part of a group activity. Some regular out of hours working maybe required.
About us
We areAWP(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 withinAWPare 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.
Date posted
25 July 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-BR212-0722
Job locations
Callington Road Hospital
Marmalade Lane
Bristol
BS4 5BJ
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Callington Road Hospital
Marmalade Lane
Bristol
BS4 5BJ
Employer's website
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