B4 Associate Practitioner in Physical Health Eating Disorders-Bristol

The Bristol Community Physical Health Team have exciting opportunities available for new Associate Practitioners in Physical Health to join the team and be part of an expanding and exciting service at the forefront of monitoring and improving the physical health of people with serious mental illness in Bristol., As a Band 4 Associate Practitioner in Physical Health, you will conduct comprehensive physical health assessments which include a wide range of physical health observations including venepuncture and electrocardiogram readings.

In addition, you will facilitate a health and wellbeing discussion whereby service users can be signposted and referred to various organisations as necessary. - as per NICE and MEED guideline standards and trust KPI'S

You will work as part of The STEPS multidisciplinary team within the community of Bristol. Physical health clinic locations are located in AWP sites across the city; the team also conduct's home visits. The role requires independent and lone working at times and you will need to be able to get to clinics or home appointments across the city via personal or public transport.

If you have an interest in or experience of physical healthcare and want to be a part of the team we want to hear from you. There are positions available for either full or part time applicants on a permanent basis.

The team run physical health and wellbeing clinics across the city of Bristol where they conduct annual physical health and wellbeing assessments for people who are receiving secondary mental health care from AWP and who are classified as having a serious mental illness. The team also conduct phlebotomy/venepuncture appointments for a subset of service users who are prescribed certain antipsychotic medication. A full training and induction package is provided and there are opportunities for ongoing CPD within the team.

You will be a core and valued part of a multidisciplinary team, which consists of associate practitioners, RGN's and RMN's. The team is friendly, forward thinking, driven and is currently expanding its service across the city of Bristol., We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

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