Band 6 Specialist Practitioner Op Courage - South-West Region

Job overview

We are looking for a Specialist Practitioner to join OpCourage South West, covering the Plymouth, Cornwall and Devon area.

Are you passionate about ensuring that our ex-British Armed Forces (Veterans) – have excellent mental health care?

Are you driven and professionally skilled in engaging, assessing and helping to navigate Veterans that sometimes can be difficult-to-engage, complex and risky? Working alongside our Veterans and their families ensuring they receive timely and appropriate support, often supporting to navigate other systems and services.

Are you determined and resourceful to help support the service as part of the wider NHS OP Courage services, including our urgent and treatment pathway colleagues.

Are you a team player, initiative-taking and robust? This is an exciting opportunity to join OP Courage, bringing together all the three elements of NHS mental healthcare for our Veterans. Together we can go further to ensuring that the NHS fulfils its commitment and picks up and responds to the specialist needs of Veterans and their families. You will work within the team, covering a designated geographical area.

The core purpose of this role is to provide liaison, advice, and support services for veterans, supporting the coordination of care from referral to the service through to discharge.

You will work in a hybrid way, using a mix of online platforms, telephone, and face-to-face contacts as required. The team meets at regular intervals, and full support will be provided to develop the role alongside colleagues.

For the full list of duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.