Job summaryVeterans Urgent Pathway Senior Practitioner - Band 6Permanent, full time roleAre you passionate about ensuring that our ex-British Armed Forces (Veterans) - Navy, Army and RAF servicewomen and men have excellent mental health care?Are you driven and professionally skilled in engaging, assessing and helping to navigate patients that sometimes can be difficult-to-engage, complex and risky?Are you determined, can-do and resourceful to help support the urgent care pathway team as part of the wider NHS OP Courage services , supporting veterans and their families at times of mental health crisis?Are you team-playing, initiative-taking, persuasive and robust? This is an exciting opportunity to join the recently rebranded OP Courage, bringing together all the three elements of NHS mental healthcare for our veterans,This service was previously called the Veteran High Intensity Service ( now urgent pathway)Main duties of the jobEngaging, assessing and helping to navigate patients that sometimes can be difficult-to-engage, complex and risky. Working with veterans and their families in times of crisis across the West Midlands region.Liaising with other NHS services and third sector agencies to ensure collaborative working across the patch.You will be joining a team of highly committed people from the Midlands OpCourage non-urgent and treatment pathway who are all dedicated to the cause and working to provide the kind of service that you would want for your own loved ones all with the right spirit of fun, camaraderie and trust in each other.Together we can go further to ensuring that the NHS fulfils its commitment and picks up and responds to the particular needs of veterans and their families in times of crisis. You will work within the team, covering a designated geographical area (Herefordshire, Worcestershire @ CWPT ) from a satellite base in Rugby.For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.About usAt Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.These include:generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with usexcellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much moresalary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and morediscounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemeswellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and morestaff networks and support groupsWe're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFirst-hand experience or knowledge of veterans mental health or working within the military community is essential.For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialRelevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN, DipCOTCurrent unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMCExpertise within a discipline underpinned by theoryProfessional clinical knowledge acquired through degree/ diplomaEvidence of post-qualification professional development ENB998 or equivalentExperience of supervising qualified staffAbility to work autonomously skilled in the assessment of complex patient material including crisis intervention and risk managementExperience of working as a care coordinator for those with complex needs (working knowledge of MHA/MCA)Knowledge and skillsEssentialExcellent written communication skillsExcellent verbal communication skillsEffective organisational and delegation skillsAbility to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and proceduresAbility to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal OpportunitiesAbility to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentialityAbility to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issuesAbility to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situationsKnowledge/Understanding of Armed Forces and the mental health needs of veterans and their families.Audit/evaluation skillsExperienceEssentialExperience in a Community Mental health care settingExperience of undertaking formulation, risk assessment and positive risk managementExperience of staff supervisionEvidence of continuing professional developmentOtherEssentialMust have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business useDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership TrustAddressThe RailingsRugbyCV21 2AWEmployer's websitehttps://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)