Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - Integrated Access Partnership (IAP)

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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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:

• 999 Emergency Operations Centre.
• NHS 111 Mental Health Clinical Assessment Service.
• 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.

• Conduct comprehensive mental health triage and assessments for people in crisis.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to unregistered staff.
• Deliver brief therapeutic interventions and develop care plans.
• Work autonomously while collaborating closely with multi-agency partners.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.