[ref. x35049104] Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Bath

Job overview

**No Night Shift Working Required**

We would support a Band 5 post with a clear personal development plan, with the aim to support you into a Band 6 role within 6 months. We are mindful that every practitioner has their specialist areas of interest and we support practitioners in pursuing them in the service where appropriate.

This range of scope allows for great interprofessional learning and training.

Many of these clinicians have gone on to achieve promotions in the locality which has opened up roles within the team.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 will have a role leading the team.

Within this role they may:

> Accept and review referrals

> Complete holistic psychosocial assessments within the community and general hospital settings for home treatment or gatekeeping for hospital admission.

> Attend Mental Health Act assessments, and offer home treatment plans when indicated

> Implementation of Risk Management and Care Plans for the effective home treatment of Service Users utilising least restrictive practice at every opportunity.

> Medication management and concordance within community. Other duties and responsibilities included in line with job description.

> Good communication and organisational skills are essential to this role, along with excellent clinical knowledge and skills.

There will be a comprehensive induction to the role and a supported period of supernumerary to aid with transition.

BANES IS are able to provide flexible working opportunities to successful candidates, promoting a positive and enriching work/life balance. We are mindful that every practitioner has their specialist areas of interest and we support practitioners in pursuing them in the service where appropriate.

This role includes a pattern of shift working, which does include some 9-5 shifts, evenings, and weekend working.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Band 6 clinician will work shifts, and this includes weekends. You have the options to request some shifts and we also support flexible working.

We would consider full time and part time applications.

In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users, who may be distressed and in crisis.

You will be responsible for developing, delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence–based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.

To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.

In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate.

Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.

To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of and providing, effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal.

To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.

To participate in local arrangements where required to manage unexpected staff absences.

This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with trust policy all newly qualified social workers will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be agreed to extend this for a further 2 years.

On successful completion of the ASYE, for which you will be given full support of an experienced Social Worker as well as Divisional Social Work Lead, and peer support from other ASYE candidates, you will then be eligible to progress to a Band 6 position.

If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner - Nurse/OT/Social worker with up to date registration. Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social Worker, CAP

Experience

• Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience gained working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions
• Demonstrates a developed understanding of the recovery principles, and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care
• Awareness of the importance of working and engaging with carers
• Demonstrates substantial experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners

• Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as Thorn, Non Medical Prescribing, CBT, AMHP, Brief Interventions etc
• Experience gained in a wide variety of settings

Registration.

• Applicant to hold relevant registration, NMC/HCPC/Social Work England/BPS

This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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