Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - BNSSG Integrated Access Partnership

This is a 24/7 service and you will work a range of shifts, including weekends and nights, rotating across IAP services, which comprise:

• Mental Health Specialist Desk - working in the Ambulance Service's Emergency Operations Centre to triage mental health 999 calls for the most appropriate response
• Mental Health Response Vehicle - responding in a blue-light emergency vehicle to attend directly to patients in mental health crisis
• Urgent Assessment Centre - providing face-to-face assessments, at an alternative location, for patients who would otherwise have attended ED
• Mental Health Clinical Assessment Service - responding to patients with mental health needs who have contacted NHS 111, co-located with physical health urgent care colleagues
• Emergency Services Mental Health Professional Line - providing remote support to police, fire and ambulance service colleagues who are at the scene of a mental health incident., As a Mental Health Specialist Practitioner you will be demonstrating specialist practice and leading by example. You will also help supervise staff, supporting senior practitioners and team managers in working towards shared objectives.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues from Police, Ambulance and Fire services, and will be triaging and supporting people of all ages. Through our collaborative approach, we aim to achieve:
• Reductions in detention for S136 MHA.
• Reductions in demand for ambulance resources in relation to mental health.
• Improved communication as a result of partnership working.
• Improved emergency service confidence in dealing with people suffering mental health issues.
• Faster responses to deal with those suffering from mental health problems.
• Reductions in numbers of people accessing A&E when this is not the most suitable service for their needs.
• Improved information sharing between agencies.
• Improved patient outcomes and experience.
• Improved working relationships between police and health services.
• Reductions in police dispatch to mental health incidents.
• Direct access to mental health services.
• Collection of relevant data that reflects the effectiveness of the team.
• Audit and review of the service provided.
Find out more about the IAP in the information document below and through watching our service video (About the Mental Health Integrated Access Partnership - YouTube).

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.