Senior Practitioner: Veteran Mental Health Care

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Park Central; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Mental Health Nurse to join the Op COURAGE urgent care pathway, focusing on Veterans across the West Midlands.

The role delivers high-intensity community-based support for Veterans across Birmingham, Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, coordinating assessments, care planning and collaboration with local services to improve access to mental health care.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for Veterans on the caseload with identified, complex needs.
• Liaise with local services, including secondary mental health and primary care services and support engagement with these services to ensure care is being provided.
• This is a community-based service, providing a high intensity support package of care to Veterans in times of crisis, across a large geographical area (West Midlands, including Birmingham, Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin).
• The post holder will work within the wider veterans service caseload providing co-ordination of assessment, planning, and implementation of care to veterans and carers within the defined West Midlands Region.
• Provide professional advice and support to the veteran and their families, as well as other agencies including crisis teams and the police.
• working within the Veteran's care pathway, alongside non urgent pathway (previously known TILS and CTS).
• Appointments are made using a combination of communications; in person, digital and telephone.
• This role works to enhance already existing services such as CMHTs, crisis services and charitable organisations rather than replace them - the aim is to improve veteran-service engagement and ensure that Veterans are able to fairly access the appropriate support they require, and are not at a disadvantage due to their Veteran status.

Job description

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Mental Health Nurse to join the Op COURAGE urgent care pathway, focusing on Veterans across the West Midlands.

The role delivers high-intensity community-based support for Veterans across Birmingham, Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, coordinating assessments, care planning and collaboration with local services to improve access to mental health care.