Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Weston-super-Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Weston-super-Mare seeks a Senior Practitioner to join the recovery management team. The successful candidate will provide leadership support, manage complex cases, and work closely with local authorities and partner agencies. Essential qualities include mental health experience, personal resilience, and strong leadership skills, as the role entails navigating fast-paced and demanding situations within the team.

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner with significant mental health experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in recovery management.
• Ability to supervise staff in complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Team manager and Service Manager.
• Provide day-to-day leadership support to the team.
• Manage referrals and allocation of work for the recovery team.
• Support staff with clinical and managerial supervision.
• Collaborate with local authority and partner agencies.
• Contribute to treatment pathways and therapeutic interventions.
• Conduct investigations and participate in patient safety panels.

Skills

Leadership skills

Mental health experience

Personal resilience

Ability to manage complex cases

Team collaboration

Job description

Job overview

We are excited to be able to offer this newly created Senior Practitioner post and for someone to join our experienced and friendly recovery management team.

We are looking for a registered practitioner who can bring a wealth of knowledge, mental health experience and strong leadership skills to join us.

Working in a recovery team can be fast paced, with constantly changing, competing demands; therefore personal resilience, a positive attitude, a good sense of fun and a passion for working together as a team are essential.

Main duties of the job

• The Senior Practitioner will work closely with the Team manager and Service Manager as part of the recovery management team to deliver a high quality and effective recovery service.
• The postholder will provide leadership support to the team on a day to day basis, chairing meetings, attending MDT’s and professionals meetings, managing referrals and allocation of work.
• The Senior Practitioner will be involved and support the staff in the team with complex and high risk situations, experience of managing and leading on complex cases is essential.
• Support the team in their work through providing both ad hoc and regular clinical and managerial caseload supervision, training and reflective supervision.
• Work collaboratively with our local authority colleagues, partner agencies, teams and services.
• To contribute to the development of a range of treatment pathways and evidence based therapeutic interventions within the team.
• The Senior Practitioner will be responsible for undertaking both early resolution and formal complaint investigations, patient safety reports, participating in patient safety huddles, attending patient safety ratification panels and participating in the managers duty rota.