Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Weston-Super-Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Allied Healthcare professional to join their team in North Somerset. You will prioritize clinical assessments, make evidence-based treatment recommendations, and work closely with Primary Care colleagues to optimize care. The role offers flexible working arrangements, including the opportunity for home working, and involves rotations across various team bases. Applicants with experience in mental health settings will be preferred.

Benefits

Flexible working including home working days

Free parking

Access to mental health expertise

Qualifications

• Experience working in mental health settings is advantageous.
• Ability to work collaboratively with GPs and Primary Care staff.
• Strong communication and assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize assessments based on clinical need and risk.
• Make evidence-based recommendations for care and treatment.
• Work with Primary Care colleagues to identify treatment options.

Job description

Job overview

An exciting 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 healthexpertise 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.

Main duties of the job

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.