Band 6 Specialist Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Allied Healthcare professional to join our team in North Somerset. In a great location not far from Weston Super Mare beach, free parking and flexible working including some home working days.

This post sits within the community primary care team and will afford rapid access to credible specialist mental health expertise for GPs, Primary Care staff and other referring agents who are requiring support and expert advice on meeting the mental health needs of the people within their caseloads.

You will have the opportunity to rotate into the innovative Mental health integrated team (MINT) team in conjunction with the community mental health framework. MINT have been developed to reinvent how we provide people with the wrap-around care and support they need, to address poor physical and mental health . The Primary Care Liaison Service will play a key role in supporting the MINTs to ensure that when referred, people are able to access the right support to achieve their personal goals by asking them 'what matters to you?'

This will ensure that patients in Primary Care have their mental health needs more clearly assessed, defined, cared for and treated by Primary Care Health Care Professionals and that the pathways to best meet someone's needs is optimised.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.

The post holder will prioritise assessments based on clinical need and risk, making evidence-based recommendations for care and treatment within and across multiple care pathways. To rotate through varied roles such as frontline assessment, telephone triage, duty working and MINT working.

A significant proportion of the role will involve working in conjunction with Primary Care colleagues to identify care and treatment options which enable service users to remain within their existing support/care pathways and maintain their community tenure.

To rotate into our innovative and rapidly expanding Mental Well being Integrated Network Team (MINT), This is a rotational post, with opportunities to work across a number of bases including the Coast Resource Centre in Worle, Long Fox Unit WSM and Windmill House Clevedon.

The Primary Care Liaison team will provide an accessible specialist clinical consultation service for GPs and Primary Care colleagues,increasing awareness and providing education and training for this group to improve access to and understanding of the service.

The post holder will maintain close working relationships with Recovery and Intensive services, Community Mental Health Teams.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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.

• To provide information, proportional assessment and sign posting to patients and their family and carers presenting with mental health problems/needs in community settings.
• To foster strong collaborative and trusting working relationships with the referring agent/Primary Care Health Care Professionals underpinned by an educative and solutions focussed philosophy whilst…