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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
367-LD&F-9007
Employer
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lexden Hospital, London Road, Colchester, CO3 4DB
Town
Colchester
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/01/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Enhanced Support Nurse Practitioner

Band 6

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. 

http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/

 

Job overview

The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Allied Health Professionals and Arts Therapies) in assessing service user’s needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment through the process.  The post holder, with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team will provide high quality, individualised care, which addresses the needs of the service users and meets individual health needs.

 

Main duties of the job

      Actively support people with a learning disability in a variety of settings to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. This is delivered through person-centred assessment and treatment, which will subsequently be evaluated for achievement of identified goals.

      Improve the lives of people with a learning disability by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.

      Professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in hospital or patients’ homes and other community settings.

      Act as lead professional or care co-ordinator as appropriate.

      Facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision, clinical advice and clinical supervision to associate practitioners, healthcare assistants and students as appropriate.

      Advocate for and promote a positive image of people with a learning disability.

      Provide advice on reasonable adjustments to primary and secondary healthcare services.

      Promote the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into mainstream services, through health facilitation, education and training of key personnel.

      Ensure statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.

 

Working for our organisation

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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

 Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

      Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families to deliver nursing assessment and then plan, implement and evaluate identified interventions, with a view to improving physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

      Carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques where required, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

      Implement and promote evidence-based clinical processes and standards of practice across the service area.

      Promote and assist the completion of health action plans.

      Facilitate individual therapeutic sessions to achieve identified health outcomes for service users in accordance with assessed needs.

      Develop and review a range of comprehensive and evidence-based clinical risk assessments and associated care plans. Ensure these plans have meaningful service user, carer and interdisciplinary involvement throughout the process.

      Provide written reports as necessary for service user reviews.

      Ensure the administration and safe custody of drugs and medications in accordance with Trust policy and procedure, as well as NMC guidelines.

      Lead specific groups/sessions with clear objectives where identified.

      Comply with and promote the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct

 

Person specification

Education, Qualifications &Training

Essential criteria
  • Relevant Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) (
  • Demonstrable commitment to ongoing training and development
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship Training
  • Management Training
  • Teaching or training experience

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of common physical, mental and emotional health needs experienced by people with a learning disability
  • Experiencing of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care according to assessed need using person-centred approaches
  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities or complex health needs
  • Experience of using assessment and screening tools to support analysis and make formulations and recommendations based on this
  • Working knowledge of legislation and policy relating to learning disabilities
  • Experience of maintaining high standards of recordkeeping consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John O'Connor
Job title
Nurse Team Leader – Enhanced Support
Email address
john.o'[email protected]
Telephone number
07748 631968
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