Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Devon & Cornwall

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner to work across Devon and Cornwall. The role requires mobile working within the South West and offering both face-to-face and virtual appointments in line with need.

The post supports safe care delivery, trauma-informed practice, and leadership across the MDT, acting as a keyworker and mentor to junior colleagues while ensuring accurate documentation and outcome evaluation.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessment and safety planning.
• Ability to lead holistic assessments and develop Personal Wellbeing Plans.
• Experience supervising/junior staff and providing preceptorship.
• Commitment to trauma-informed practice and compassionate leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as a keyworker coordinating all aspects of care and communication.
• Lead on holistic assessments and develop Personal Wellbeing Plans.
• Provide or advise on nursing care aligned with NMC Code.
• Supervise junior staff and provide mentorship and supervision as required.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Safety assessment

Holistic assessment

Mentorship

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

NMC Code compliance

Job description

The Southwest Op Courage Veterans Mental Health Service operates across the entire Southwest and is one of six national NHS England commissioned Op Courage services, and is delivered by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Op Courage provides a complete care pathway and is delivered by an experienced and committed Multi-Disciplinary Team.

The pathway starts with a comprehensive needs-led conversation and is followed by evidence-based interventions/treatment for a wide range of need and complexity, including complex mental health difficulties and psychological trauma.

The service is currently looking to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner to work across Devon and Cornwall so the postholder will need to live within this area and be mobile; however, on occasions, it will be necessary to work outside this area in order to support service delivery and to attend team meetings.

The service is delivered via a hybrid working model which includes using clinical spaces, hot-desks and homeworking. Clinical appointments are delivered face to face or virtually, in line with patient choice and clinical/operational need, so some lone working will be required.

Please note this advert is for a specialist practitioner to work across Devon and Cornwall. The address on the advert in Weston Super Mare is our admin base and regular travel there is NOT required.

The postholder will need strong clinical skills in mental health assessment, safety assessment and safety planning and the ability to provide therapeutic interventions; deliver or advise on outstanding nursing care that reflects the values of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code and AWP's commitment to trauma-informed practice.

This includes fostering a culture of kindness, respect, and inclusion in every interaction. Your role will involve leading on holistic assessments, collaboratively developing Personal Wellbeing Plans, and evaluating outcomes with service users, their families, and the wider MDT.

You will act as a keyworker for patients, coordinating all aspects of care and communication for the person, their family members and carers and the services that are involved.

You will maintain regular contact with the person and their family members and carers and specify this in their Personal Wellbeing plan.

You will support the physical and mental health of those in your care, uphold their human rights, and contribute to a safe, therapeutic environment.

You will also provide guidance and supervision to junior colleagues and students, modelling compassionate leadership and reflective practice.

You will be expected to provide mentorship for student nurses, provide preceptorship and supervision for Band 5 nurses and supervise other junior staff as directed Accurate and sensitive documentation will be a key part of your role, ensuring continuity and quality of care.

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 provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Sheldrake Job title: Senior Practitioner Email address: [e-mail]

Judith Grant

Operations Manager

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