Band 6 Specialist Early Intervention Practitioner - Devizes

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Devizes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated mental health professional to join their Early Intervention team in Wiltshire. This exciting role offers the chance to work with a multi-professional team, providing psychosocial interventions to individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis. You will be responsible for assessing service users, planning care programs, and collaborating with various agencies to ensure comprehensive support. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of service users and their families, this is the perfect opportunity for you to contribute to meaningful recovery journeys.

Qualifications

• Experience in Early Intervention in Psychosis.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assess service users with suspected psychosis using CAARMS.
• Plan and deliver specialist care programs following NICE guidelines.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and students.

Skills

Psychosocial Interventions

Communication Skills

Team Working

Risk Management

Education

Degree in Mental Health Nursing or Equivalent

Tools

CAARMS Assessment Tool

Job description

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunityfor a committed mental health professional to work in Early Intervention services working across Wiltshire. We have 2 permanent Band 6 posts available.

The permanent posts will be an opportunity for a clinician to work in an enthusiastic and experienced Early Intervention team.

Wiltshire Early Intervention Team is a multi-professional team working across CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services. The post involves using psychosocial interventions and working with people experiencing a first episode psychosis. The role will involves working with carers and families. The service is part of an AWP Trust wide Early Intervention Service with Southwest and national networks following national guidance for Early Intervention in Psychosis Services.

We are seeking someone who is committed to team working. The approach with both service users and carers will be based around Psychosocial Interventions and a team approach. 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.

Please note that Wiltshire EI is a county wide service and team members may be required to travel to any location in Wiltshire. Due to clinical demand, one of the posts advertised will mainly focus on supporting service users resident in the north of Wiltshire.

Main duties of the job

1. To assess service users referred to the Wiltshire Early Intervention Service with suspected psychosis using the Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental state (CAARMS) assessment tool, across the Wiltshire wide catchment area.

2. Within the role of care co-ordination, to plan and deliver specialist programmes of care following the NICE guidelines for first episode of psychosis.

3. To work within the multi-disciplinary team, to attend and contribute to team discussions and to liaise with other professionals within the team to co-ordinate relevant interventions for service users.

4. To liaise and work in collaboration with other AWP teams, local CAMHS services and non AWP agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care.

5. To support and work alongside service users ranging from 14 to 65 years old, and their families in their experience of recovery from a first episode of psychosis.

7. To support the delivery of carers education programmes and provide psychoeducation and advice to patients, carers and professionals.

8. To identify and manage risks which can arise during someone’s recovery from a first episode of psychosis.

9. To provide clinical supervision to junior staff, students and support workers

10. To support the undertaking of the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP) by ensuring clinical documentation is up to date.