Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Integrated Access Partnership (IAP)

Please see our additional info sheet for full details of our service Are you passionate about transforming urgent mental health care? Join our award-winning Integrated Access Partnership (IAP) as a Specialist Practitioner and be part of an innovative service that's revolutionising crisis care. As a Specialist Practitioner in the IAP, you'll primarily work provide expert mental health assessments and interventions over the phone but also with occasional face to face assessments. IAP settings, including: o 999 Emergency Operations Centre. o NHS 111 Mental Health Clinical Assessment Service. o Mental Health Response Vehicle for community assessments. You'll work on a rotation basis across these services, delivering timely and compassionate care to those experiencing mental health crises. Your clinical expertise will be vital in triaging calls, conducting face-to-face assessments, and supporting both patients and emergency service colleagues. This is a 24/7 service and specialist practitioners will be required to work a variety of shifts including weekends and bank holidays, rotating across the model., 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 inappropriate 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.
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.

o Competitive NHS Band 6 salary. o Generous annual leave and pension scheme. o Ongoing professional development and training opportunities. o Chance to be part of an award-winning, innovative service.