Band 7 Senior Practitioner

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Practitioner in the Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership, focusing on crisis care from a dedicated emergency mental health vehicle. The role involves high-quality mental health triage and assessment, supporting emergency services, and contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health triage and assessment.
• Ability to provide clinical support to emergency services.
• Skills in coordinating integrated health responses.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist mental health triage and assessment.
• Offer clinical support and advice to emergency service professionals.
• Supervise and support team members.

Skills

Mental health triage

Clinical support

Team supervision

Service development

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the BSW area to work as a Senior Practitioner with the Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership (IAP), focusing on the new Mental Health Response Vehicle (MHRV), a purpose-built emergency mental health vehicle providing crisis care from Chippenham Ambulance Station.

Our award-winning, nationally recognized initiative brings together BrisDoc Healthcare Services, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Foundation Trust, and South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to deliver an integrated, multi-agency front door service for individuals in mental health crisis across 999 and 111. The goal is to reduce inappropriate A&E attendances, decrease S136 detentions, and improve care outcomes.

We seek a dedicated Senior Practitioner to join our dynamic IAP team. The primary purpose of this role is to deliver responsive, high-quality mental health triage and assessment across various settings on board the newly procured dedicated blue light mental health vehicles.

In this role, you will mainly work on the MHRV, responding from Chippenham Ambulance Station in BSW. You will also rotate within the wider IAP model, either at the Mental Health Specialist Desk (999 Ambulance Control Room, Bradley Stoke) or the Mental Health 111 Clinical Assessment Service (Whitchurch, Bristol), depending on your preference or proximity to your home.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist mental health triage and assessment across various settings.
• Offer clinical support and advice to emergency service professionals.
• Coordinate seamless, integrated responses addressing both mental and physical health needs.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Supervise and support team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
• Contribute to our seven-day-a-week service, working 1400-0200.