Enhanced Care Practitioner (RNMH, RNLD, AHP or Social Worker)

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Learning Disabilities Nurses, Social Workers or AHPs wanting to enhance their careers.

We have created an Enhanced Care and Support Team and this is a your chance to build your skill set and further your career at the RUH.

Our Enhanced Care and Support Team has been set up to deliver high quality enhanced therapeutic care, support and supervision ensuring the Patient's physical and psychological well being needs are met.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of an innovative new service, with a supportive management team. The Enhanced Care and Support Team is looking for people who are ambitious and creative, and willing to lead change from the front.

As a Registered Professional, you will have responsibility for day-to-day support of people with additional needs within the RUH. This includes assisting with ADLs, providing 1:1 care, engaging in therapeutic activities, supporting the day to day running of the team, and assisting with ward-based care and interventions.

The RUH has an established preceptorship and student programme, and we are developing a comprehensive service-specific competency and training programme to meet the diverse needs of the patients in our care. We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

If this sounds appealing to you and you feel you can enhance our growing team we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

We have recruited a Lead Nurse in Mental Health, a Lead Nurse in Learning Disability and Autism, and Enhanced Care Team Leads who will be there as supportive leaders and role models for you to aspire to. The Enhanced Care Service consists of:

-Lead Nurse in Mental Health, Lead Nurse in Learning Disability and Autism
-Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioner/Team Leads
-Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioners
-Enhanced Care Support Workers

You will report to the Team Leads who provide day to day clinical and operational support, supervision and training to the staff team. The team is deployed daily across the RUH hospital site to support patients with additional support. This may be one to one care, or other levels of enhanced support depending on needs.

Role modelling and effective use of de-escalation techniques including communication, self-regulation, assessment, and safety maintenance in order to reduce the risk of harm to patients, relatives/carers, visitors and staff.

Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. Where appropriate, plan the discharge needs of patients from admission, ensuring appropriate involvement of other agencies/professionals in the process. Good communication and collaborative working with a range of professionals is essential.

You will be required to work shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Shortlisting criteria

Essential
-Valid Professional registration - RNMH, RNLD, Social Worker or AHP
-Relevant experience
-Relevant skills
-Interest in the role

Desirable
-Post-registration training and/or qualifications
-Experience in a leadership role

Qualifications & Training / Knowledge & Experience

Essential
-Registered nurse (LD or MH) or AHP
-Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
-In-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983/2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act (2019), Equality Act (2010), Human Rights Act (1998)
-Interest in working in acute setting and delivering enhanced care
-Knowledge of mental health conditions and their relationship to physical disorders to enable assessment /planning/ implementation and evaluation of care
-Ability to work as part of a team
-Ability to make autonomous decisions using sound clinical judgement

Desirable
-Post-registration qualification/post-graduate diploma and training in any relevant subject
-Experience of delivering enhanced care/support
-Experience of working in dementia or LD setting
-Leadership experience