Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Mental Health Practitioner to join our Older Adult Liaison Team in Bath. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing mental health assessments and care to older adults in our acute general hospital setting.

Key Responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will have extensive experience of working autonomously with adults with complex mental health issues, and will be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for people with mental health problems.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Providing comprehensive risk assessments with service users who may have self-harmed, lack capacity, or be unable to maintain their own safety
  • Acting as an advocate for those who may be less able to articulate their needs due to dementia, delirium, or disordered thinking
  • Effective liaison and communication with patients, relatives, carers, primary health care, and secondary mental health services
  • Concise, effective liaison with clinical staff regarding advice on safe discharge pathways

About Us

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is 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 one million people living in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, and across the county of Wiltshire.

We are committed to promoting mental health and wellbeing, and our outstanding people 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.



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