Band 6 Specialist Early Intervention Practitioner - Bath

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust's Early Intervention Team in Bath is seeking a dedicated nurse to provide care for people aged 14-64 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. You will contribute to evidence-based psychosocial interventions and work closely with service users, carers and families.

You will plan and implement specialist programmes of care, act as care co-ordinator, liaise with other agencies, and co-facilitate educational and support groups.

Qualifications

• Qualified mental health nurse registered with NMC.
• Experience in early intervention preferred.
• Experience in community health settings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver specialist nursing interventions for first-episode psychosis.
• Provide care coordination and liaise with carers and families.
• Co-facilitate social and therapeutic groups.
• Deliver psychoeducation and support to service users.
• Undertake audits and participate in research activities.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

NHS experience

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

This is an opportunity for a Nurse to join an enthusiastic, innovative, supportive and experienced Early Intervention Team. The BANES Early Intervention Team is a multidisciplinary service providing care to people aged 14-64 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions and work closely with service users, carers and families. The service is part of the AWP Trust-wide Early Intervention Service and maintains strong links with regional and national Early Intervention networks.

We are forward thinking; working closely with the Research and Development team. We deliver NICE-approved, evidence based interventions, including CBT for psychosis, family work, occupational and vocational advice/interventions, physical health monitoring and interventions, alongside pharmacological interventions. In addition, all team members are involved in the facilitation social, activity, and carer's support/education groups. We are committed to working with the model Your Team Your Conversation Your Plan which promotes co-production, collaborative care planning., To use the specialist CAARMS assessment to identify people presenting with symptoms of possible psychosis.

To plan and implement specialist programmes of care for people following the first appearance of psychosis, including carrying a specialist caseload of clients and acting as care co-ordinator.

To liaise and work in collaboration with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care.

To co-facilitate social and therapeutic groups.

To co-deliver educational group to service users, other teams and the wider public.

To provide specialist advice to service users, carers and professionals.

To develop awareness sessions around psychosis and early intervention to be delivered within education and youth services.

To provide clinical supervision to junior staff, students and supportworkers.

To undertake audit, research and development activities.

This role is focussed on providing appropriate, effective nursing interventions and treatments to people with Psychosis and their Carers and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and wellbeing needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.

We are committed to continuous learning and development, supported by management and clinical supervision. There will be opportunities to develop your interests supported by ongoing training.

We are seeking someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about providing excellent care and nursing interventions for service users, and who is committed to team working. You must be an excellent communicator, have a flexible approach to your work with a good knowledge base of the principles of Early Intervention in Psychosis.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

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.