Job overview

We are looking for a substantive Band 6 Forensic Community Mental Health/LDA Nurse Practitioner for the FIND Team and Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLs).

The Forensic Intellectual, Neuropsychiatric & Developmental Disorders (FIND) team and Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLs) are expanding services that with an imminent expansion are going to merge, that provide support and intervention to service users transitioning from secure care to the community. The teams are based at Fromeside, Blackberry Hill Hospital. The teams provide cover across BNSSG, BSW, Somerset and Gloucester

We also offer specialist support, advice and guidance to mental health and other relevant services.

The successful applicant will care coordinate a small caseload with support from an expert MDT and jointly work with recovery teams.

This is an exciting post in an innovative developing service and we are aiming to develop a highly skilled team. There are training opportunities in a range of therapeutic skills and clinical tools, including, HCR- 20 and Dundrum.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and experienced Registered RMN/LD Nurse. You will need to have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in mental Health.

For full details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

This opportunity would be perfect for someone who has relevant forensic experience with a keen interest in learning disabilities and autism.

This role is focused on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments, including administering depots to people with forensic LD&A needs, their carers (including friends and relatives), and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care, and well‑being needs in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. The post holder may also be required to provide support, advice, and supervision to team members and other mental health and CLDT teams.

Always under the overarching framework of CPA, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning, delivery, and review of activities and interventions against identified health, social care, and well‑being needs, acting as care coordinator for a defined group of service users. The role will also require undertaking and delivering specific health or social care assessments and interventions, including for identified service users on other caseloads. This may be either on a one‑to‑one basis or as part of a group activity. Secure services are currently in the process of transitioning over to Your Team, You Care, Your Conversation.

It is an essential requirement that applicants have a driving licence and their own personal transport.

Working for our organisation

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.