Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 ARRS Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol
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Opportunity in Primary Care
An opportunity has arisen to provide your expertise working in Primary Care as part of a General Practice team. This role will be based in Connexus PCN, covering Stockwood Medical Centre and Wells Road Surgery, Tuesday-Thursday.
Please see the AWP Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme webpage for more details.
Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme :: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
We are redesigning our community mental health services so that, in future, people receive a personalized, preventative and proactive integrated approach. Primary Care, voluntary services and AWP are working together to provide a one team approach for our local populations and your role as a Mental Health Practitioner is key to the success of this approach.
Unfortunately, this post is not open to newly qualified social workers.
Right to Work in the UK
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Role of the Mental Health Practitioner (MHP)
The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) facilitates early MH access and support via face to face and telephone appointments based in the GP surgery.
- You will be working alongside our communities and local authorities with patients and their families making sure that issues such as housing, debt, employment, and addictions are addressed at the same time as mental health problems.
- As a Mental Health Practitioner (social worker/occupational therapist/mental health nurse) you will be working with a range of other professionals including care navigators and peer support workers to combine the existing services and provide a one team approach.
- Delivering care from GP’s surgeries this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of local service provision moving forward.
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We are committed to providing high-quality care for our population and work collaboratively to provide excellent care and reduce the impact of health inequalities across our patient population. We are also committed to being good employers. Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We expect all staff to treat patients and colleagues with respect.
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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Our Commitment
- We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers.
- And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
- Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Aliya Javed
- Job title: BNSSG ARRS Team Manager
- Email address: Aliya.javed@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07874882711
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