Job summary
This is an opportunity for a Nurse to join an enthusiastic, innovative, supportive and experienced Early Intervention Team. The BANES Early Intervention Team is a multidisciplinary service providing care to people aged 14-64 experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions and work closely with service users, carers and families. The service is part of the AWP Trust-wide Early Intervention Service and maintains strong links with regional and national Early Intervention networks.

We are forward thinking; working closely with the Research and Development team. We deliver NICE-approved, evidence based interventions, including CBT for psychosis, family work, occupational and vocational advice/interventions, physical health monitoring and interventions, alongside pharmacological interventions. In addition, all team members are involved in the facilitation social, activity, and carer's support/education groups. We are committed to working with the model Your Team Your Conversation Your Plan which promotes co-production, collaborative care planning.

We are seeking someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about providing excellent care and nursing interventions for service users, and who is committed to team working. You must be an excellent communicator, have a flexible approach to your work with a good knowledge base of the principles of Early Intervention in Psychosis.

Main duties of the job
To use the specialist CAARMS assessment to identify people presenting with symptoms of possible psychosis.
To plan and implement specialist programmes of care for people following the first appearance of psychosis, including carrying a specialist caseload of clients and acting as care co-ordinator.
To liaise and work in collaboration with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care.
To co-facilitate social and therapeutic groups.
To co-deliver educational group to service users, other teams and the wider public.
To provide specialist advice to service users, carers and professionals.
To develop awareness sessions around psychosis and early intervention to be delivered within education and youth services.
To provide clinical supervision to junior staff, students and supportworkers.
To undertake audit, research and development activities.

This role is focussed on providing appropriate, effective nursing interventions and treatments to people with Psychosis and their Carers and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and wellbeing needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.

We are committed to continuous learning and development, supported by management and clinical supervision. There will be opportunities to develop your interests supported by ongoing training.

About us
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.

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 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million 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.

Job responsibilities
To work within the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service delivering all components of the established Early Intervention model.To provide comprehensive and specialist assessment of people between the ages of 14 to 64 years referred to the Early Intervention Team with a first episode psychosis or possibly emerging psychosis. This will include the use of formal psychiatric and psychological rating scales, as well as liaison with carers and staff from other agencies that may be involved with the young person.
To provide advice and to assist other members of the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service with interventions which draw on your own specialist professional knowledge (for example, an occupational therapist specialist would be expected to advise on and carry out specialist occupational and vocational assessments).
To provide advice and support to carers/ relatives , and to provide structured family work to families where a person has a first episode or emerging psychosis.
To assist in the transfer of appropriate cases between the CAMHS and Adult Services, in keeping with need and service user wishes.
In line with Trust policy, to receive regular clinical supervision and to participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service.
To participate in the development and delivery of teaching and training where appropriate. In particular to plan, develop and deliver training around psychosis and the importance of early intervention to young people, carers and staff within schools, colleges, youth organisations and other community groups.
To provide clinical supervision for students, support workers and junior staff.
To be aware of and comply with all policies, procedures and directives of the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service as well as the Trust.
To maintain and further develop high standards of professional practice through co-operative work with other mental health professionals and involvement in professional audit.
To deliver and oversee medication/depo management within the team.
To play an actively supportive role along side the physical health worker within the team, maintaining physical health monitoring and interventions.

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• Professional qualification (registration in mental health nursing)

Desirable

• Has relevant experience at band 5.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of and commitment to multi-disciplinary/whole team working.

Desirable

• experience of working with young people
• experience of supervising staff

Skills
Essential

• Clean driving license and access to a car.
• accurate record keeping
• risk management ability

Desirable

• experience of facilitating groups
• CBT experience
• systemic family work experience
• phlebotomy

Knowledge
Essential

• Good knowledge and skills in psychiatric assessment / formulation with client group. Understanding of FEP and role of early intervention in psychosis teams

Desirable

• Experience of assessing psychosis via standardised assessment tools.

physical health/medication
Essential

• experience of medication management/monitoring
• phlebotomy trained or willing to undergo training
• experience of delivering health education

Desirable

• experience of managing teams depo administration

Knowledge
Essential

• in-depth knowledge of the early intervention in psychosis model

Desirable

• previous experience of working within an EI team
• previous experience of working with individuals with psychosis using a psychological approach

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).