Job Overview
The Integrated Access Partnership provides both remote and face-to-face triage and assessment of urgent and emergency mental health needs. We are looking for Band 6 Specialist Practitioners to join our innovative and pioneering service as a valued member of our registered workforce.
This is a 24/7 service and you will work a range of shifts, including weekends and nights, rotating across IAP services, which comprise:
* Mental Health Specialist Desk – working in the Ambulance Service’s Emergency Operations Centre to triage mental health 999 calls for the most appropriate response.
* Mental Health Response Vehicle – responding in a blue-light emergency vehicle to attend directly to patients in mental health crisis.
* Urgent Assessment Centre – providing face-to-face assessments, at an alternative location, for patients who would otherwise have attended ED.
* Mental Health Clinical Assessment Service – responding to patients with mental health needs who have contacted NHS 111, co-located with physical health urgent care colleagues.
* Emergency Services Mental Health Professional Line – providing remote support to police, fire and ambulance service colleagues who are at the scene of a mental health incident.
Main Duties of the Job
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 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.
* Collection of relevant data that reflects the effectiveness of the team.
* Audit and review of the service provided.
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