Job Description

The North Recovery service within SG is integrated with SG Council, so will undertake both health and social care responsibilities for the people they work with. The service provides ongoing assessment and comprehensive, multi-disciplinary focused interventions to individuals who are assessed as needing the ongoing involvement of a specialist mental health service based at The Elms in Thornbury.



This role will give you the opportunity to develop your leadership and quality improvement skills as a Nurse Senior Practitioner in the team.



The post-holder should have the relevant qualification, and experience of working with service users with complex needs. Experience of working within a Recovery setting would be essential.



We can offer opportunities to develop your specialist clinical skills through profession-specific support and development supervision. The team meet regularly for group case discussions and reflective practice, which is an essential part of the work.

The main responsibilities of the Service are to:

Carry out more complex assessments of service users referred into the team.

Provide care pathway management for service users who are referred into the Recovery team and hold a caseload of service users requiring more complex nurse intervention.

Provide specialist clinical advice and recommendations about the most appropriate care pathway for individuals.

Support the team to work with service users through providing consultation, training, reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Oversee the Nurse duty and clinic responsibilities.



There will be some opportunity for direct clinical interventions in conjunction with related services and the opportunity to build relationships with partner agencies.



Wellbeing is prioritised. The team meet regularly for group case discussions and reflective practice, in addition to individual clinical supervision, which is an essential part of the work.



We work to a multi-disciplinary model where all members perspectives and views valued within a trauma informed, psychologically-minded 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.



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.



The post holder will be part of the Recovery North Service, and will provide clinical leadership, as well as work directly with service user's who require input from a senior clinician. The post holder will work closely with service users and staff to develop and deliver a clear pathway of evidence based interventions. The post holder will work to develop reflective practice/ supervision for staff, as well as oversee medications management processes for the team. The post holder will identify training needs and develop the appropriate training for mental health staff, working with people in Recovery. * The post holder will work across Inpatient and Community care service to consider clinical pathways for people in Recovery.