Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Swindon

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Swindon seeks enthusiastic Band 6 Practitioners (RMN, OT or SW) for their growing Crisis Team. This role focuses on delivering effective interventions for those experiencing mental health crises at home. Candidates should have Band 6 Practitioner qualifications and relevant experience; transferable skills are welcomed. Join a diverse team promoting person-centered care and contributing to community mental health in support of personal recovery goals.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a Band 6 Practitioner.
• Previous experience in an Intensive Team is not essential; transferable skills from other areas are valued.

Responsibilities

• Accept and review referrals, completing assessments.
• Implement Risk Management and Care Plans.
• Manage medication and ensure concordance.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Medication management

Risk Management

Interventions and treatments

Education

Band 6 Practitioner level (RMN, OT or SW)

Job description

Overview

Swindon Intensive Service (SIS) are looking for enthusiastic Band 6 Practitioners (RMN, OT or SW) to join our ever growing Crisis Team.

SIS is a diverse, multi‑professional team consisting of Nurses, Social Workers, Therapists and Recovery Coordinators who deliver care to those in mental health crisis in the community. This role focuses on providing appropriate and effective interventions and treatments to people with a range of mental health, enabling and assisting them to meet their personal recovery goals and facilitate engagement with mainstream services. SIS provides a ‘hospital at home’ approach and works conscientiously with their Service Users to promote Recovery within their own home, utilising least restrictive practice at every opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Accepting and reviewing referrals, completion of assessments within the community and general hospital settings for home treatment or gatekeeping for hospital admission.
• 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 inline with job description.

Qualifications

• Band 6 Practitioner level (RMN, OT or SW) with relevant experience.
• Previous experience in an Intensive Team is not essential; transferable skills from other areas are valued.

About AWP

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, 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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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.