Band 6 Specialist Practitioner (control room/street triage) – Bristol Job Vacancy in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Bristol BS10 – Updated today

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Company Name : Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Location : Bristol BS10
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Job Description : We currently have four clinical pods situated across Bristol, with one in North Somerset. We are a rapidly expanding service with our main control pod being situated within the South West Ambulance clinical hub/control room in Bristol.

Our aim is to provide direct access to mental health services, reduce the need for S136 detention and provide a timely response, which improves the outcome and experience for the service user.

This also allows us to reduce the demand on A&E and ambulances, improve working relationships between Police, Ambulance and health services, by offering support to our emergency service colleagues.

No two days are the same within our service as we strive to support the 999 emergency service care pathway.

We have a cohesive, passionate energetic team of professionals from various backgrounds with a range of mental health experience.

We are leading nationally on innovative processes including alternative points of conveyance, rapid first response from non-clinicians, integration into NHS 111 with an established response to all 999 services (Police, Ambulance and Fire services).

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.

Working as part of a multi agency team, helping emergency service colleagues to support individuals experience mental health crisis is incredibly rewarding.

You will be working alongside Police and Ambulance services and be triaging people of all ages whether they have a learning disability, personality disorder, substance misuse or other mental health issue at the first point of contact.

You would be providing street triage attendance where indicated, assessments and support over the telephone as well as a chance to work within the Ambulance control room.

If you are a mental health professional (nurse, social worker or occupational therapist) who is able to work with people experiencing mental health crisis and extreme emotional distress we would love to hear from you.

We offer strong supervision and support, training and development, induction and appraisal and the chance to be part of a fantastic service.

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.

1. In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users who may be distressed and in crisis. This will include:
a. The use of standardised assessment tools i.e. SBAR, Risk Assessment
b. Accessing available information on Ri0 and recording on Ri0
c. History, strengths and aspirations
d. Mental state
e. Impact of culture and diversity
f. Functional needs
g. The needs of family and carer
h. Evaluation of risk
i. Physical health
j. Complicating factors
k. Identifying and ensuring specialist involvement where required.
l. The interventions and treatments required to enable positive change.
m. Social Care
n. Safeguarding and public protection
o. Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act

2. To participate in developing comprehensive plans for persons with mental health needs who frequently contact emergency services, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs, bringing in other resources as required.

3. To provide effective liaison with healthcare and other professionals.

4. Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which maybe required in the protection of others, as outline in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.

5. Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.

6. To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

7. To provide mentoring/ training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students , participating in their learning objectives and assessments

8. Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of and providing, effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal.

9. To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and
competencies required are maintained.

10. Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required. Develop own knowledge and practice, and contribute to the development of others, making use of available feedback, supervision and appraisal to identify appropriate areas of development for this work role, taking responsibility for accessing identified learning and training
opportunities.

11. Lead, maintain and participate in practices which enable effective team working.

12. To participate in local arrangements where required to manage unexpected staff absences.

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