Band 6 Bank Registered Practitioner - Trustwide
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This Bank Registered Practitioner role involves providing effective interventions and treatments to individuals with mental health needs and their carers in the community. The post holder will undertake emergency assessments, plan and deliver intensive specialist interventions, and act as a Care/Recovery coordinator. The role requires working autonomously to manage risk and prevent hospital admissions for those with complex needs, while facilitating engagement with mainstream services.
Essential criteria
- Diploma / degree in relevant health / social care.
- Registration
- Current relevant registration with NMC or HCPC.
- Demonstrated commitment to CPD.
- Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience gained working in a range of front line adult mental health services,
- Demonstrates a developed understanding of the recovery principles.
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies.
- Developed IT skills including competent use of Microsoft Office, and the use of electronic record keeping systems
- Diploma / degree in relevant health / social care.
- Registration
- Current relevant registration with NMC or HCPC.
- Demonstrated commitment to CPD.
- Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience gained working in a range of front line adult mental health services,
- Demonstrates a developed understanding of the recovery principles.
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies.
- Developed IT skills including competent use of Microsoft Office, and the use of electronic record keeping systems
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Bank Registered Practitioner - Trustwide
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
THIS POST IS AVAILABLE TO ALL APPLICANTS WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION, RMN, OT or SOCIAL WORKER.
Are you looking to expand your working environment, while maintaining control of where and when you work? With personal and professional development support whilst being flexible around you and your personal commitments? with the added bonus of weekly pay? Then AWP bank is just the opportunity for you!
AWP covers a large geographical area , from bustling Bristol to the heritage city of Bath, to the rural rolling hills of Wiltshire to the seaside in Weston-Super-Mare. You will be able to access shifts in up to 80 community teams .
We offer ample opportunities to work in our wide range of services ranging from Community Mental Health Teams, Primary Care Liaison, Intensive Teams, Early Intervention Teams, Recovery Services, Street Triage, Mentally Disordered Offenders Teams, Complex Intervention Team for Older Adults, and Drug and Alcohol Services. With such a wide variety of Services to choose from the work is both challenging and varied but also interesting and rewarding.
**The Trust is required to carry out mandatory employment checks. Please bring the original ID documents requested belo
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