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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
About
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Since then, EPUT has grown from strength to strength, providing many community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Luton and Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
We are a large employer in the East of England with more than 5,500 staff working across more than 200 sites. We also provide services in people’s home and community settings.
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory
LD - Enhanced Support Team Nurse
Closed for applications on: 16-Oct-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 16-Oct-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Enhanced Support Team
- Address
- 1 Heath Close
- Town
- Billericay
- Postcode
- CM12 9NW
- Major / Minor Region
- Essex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week (Shifts including weekends and bank holidays.)
Salary
- Grade
- Band 6
Specialty
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.
You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.
The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.
We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.
We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.
We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.
Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.
Job overview
The Enhanced Support Team is multidisciplinary and provides support to those people with learning disability who are experiencing behaviour or mental health crisis. Their role is to reduce the need for admission to hospital and, where hospital admission is required to work alongside the hospital staff to support with timely and appropriate discharge back into the community. This service is offered 7 days a week. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to liaise with mainstream mental health services; other stakeholders including health and justice teams and police to support the service users to achieve their optimum level of independence.
The successful candidate will need to be able to network and develop close working relationships with commissioners and other providers to ensure that our service users are given the most appropriate support and equal access to the services they require. It is also expected that the post holder will support meaningful service user, carer and staff involvement by modelling the trust values in their interactions and relationships both internally and externally to the organisation.
As this service provides support across South Essex, it is essential to have access to a car in order to be able to travel across the geographic area. It is also essential to have experience of working with people with a learning disability.
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The Enhanced Support Team provides intensive support to adults with learning disabilities who are presenting with challenging behaviour and/or mental health disorder in the community to reduce the need for admission to hospital. The team will act as a gateway to the inpatient assessment and treatment service and work in close liaison with inpatient services to facilitate appropriate admission and timely discharge. The team provide an 8am-8pm service Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm weekends and bank holidays. They will work with the service user in a variety of settings.
The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider MDT to assess service user needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment through the process.
The post holder will:
- Work as a practitioner with interest in challenging behaviour and mental health wellbeing for people with learning disabilities.
- Support the Advanced Clinician in the development of the EST service
- Support the smooth running and coordination of the service and monitoring service activity.
- Be responsible for maintaining clinical standards under the direction of the Advanced Clinician.
- Work in liaison with services users, carers, other professionals ensuring the delivery of a needs led service.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Enhanced support Team work 7 days a week to support people with learning disabilities during episodes of mental health or behaviour crisis to reduce the need for admission to hospital. This will include the following: -
1. The post holder will have the clinical skills relevant to the delivery of care in the service area or demonstrate an aptitude to develop these skills.
2. The post holder will ensure compliance with their relevant clinical body’s codes conduct and practice, relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
3. The post holder will take responsibility for formulation of appropriate care plans for those service users presenting with challenging behaviour or mental health crisis.
4. The post holder will be able to assess service users thoroughly, plan care rigorously, audit, and evaluate interventions based on evidence and locally agreed protocols and policies.
5. The post holder will act in a consultative role to external agencies in relation to clinical interventions, risk assessments and management plans.
6. The post holder will ensure they are fully conversant with all aspects regarding the service user care and treatment.
7. The post holder will offer professional support to junior members of the Enhanced Support Team in accordance with professional responsibility.
8. The post holder will provide interventions in a person centred way that promotes and facilitates the positive health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities.
9. The post holder will maintain close liaison with all departments involved in a service user’s care and report on progress and effectiveness to the MDT.
10. The post holder will participate in reviews within the community and inpatient settings and will prepare reports on service users as required.
11. The post holder will be aware of all policy documents and legal requirements pertinent to the post and ensure that these are followed.
12. The post holder will demonstrate and serve as an example for clinical activities to appropriate grades of staff.
13. The post holder will lead specific groups and sessions with clear objectives.
14. The post holder will ensure that the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.
15. The post holder will provide specialist education and training regarding learning disability for those people working within local health care/social care/residential care/third sector settings.
16. The post holder will carry out clinical procedures when required in accordance with trust policy and their own competency.
17. The post holder will act as a practice assessor and practice supervisor to students.
18. The post holder will provide induction and training of others.
19. The post holder will undertake clinical risk assessment and develop with these with comprehensive multi-agency contingency planning.
20. The post holder will provide clinical advise for service users who present with challenging needs.
21. The post holder will carry out joint assessments with other MDT members.
22. The post holder will support in the development of evidence based quality practice.
23. The post holder will take part in research in the field of challenging needs and keep up to date.
24. The post holder will provide training in response to specific service user need.
25. The post holder will administer medication, where appropriate, in accordance with professional, legal and local requirements.
26. The post holder will be support service user needs led meetings as part of holistic care planning.
27. The post holder will communicate clinical formulations, hypotheses, current problems, contributing factors to service users, families, advocates, care providers and other stakeholders.
28. The post holder will play an active role in representing the EST in the ongoing development of the service and relevant care pathways.
29. The post holder will support in developing working partnerships with inpatient services and primary secondary and tertiary care.
30. The post holder will provide clinical supervision for junior staff.
31. The post holder will monitor delegated tasks to unqualified staff as part of direct and indirect supervision.
32. The post holder will contribute to the orientation and induction programmes for new staff and also to their training and development.
33. The post holder will promote the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into mainstream services ensuring that they have access to and are included in service development and improvement planning.
34. The post holder will be able to analyse risk assessment information and transpose using unambiguous everyday language into a risk management plan.
35. The post holder will be able to apply rational judgement and maintain sound clinical decision making skills within areas of responsibility in crisis situations.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Must have a relevant nursing degree
- Must have training in a specialist related field
- Must have evidence of leadership skills
- Must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community setting
- 2years post qualification experience
- Masters degree or equivalent level of learning
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessments and a variety of models and approaches
- Knowledge of MHA
- Knowledge of MCA
Desirable criteria
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- Knowledge of LeDeR
- Knowledge of research methods
Skills and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of applying a variety of specialist treatment interventions
- Experience of working with people with complex learning disabilities and mental health disorder
- Experience of managing multiple and complex tasks
- Ability to hold difficult conversations
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and training junior staff
- Membership of special interest group
- Ability to read and interpret information quickly and effectively
Documents
- Enhanced Support Team - Nurse (PDF, 936.2KB)
- Enhanced Support Team - Nurse (PDF, 560.3KB)
- Why Join The NHS Pension Scheme (PDF, 91.3KB)
- Candidate Privacy Policy (PDF, 336.6KB)
- Right to Work Information (PDF, 293.6KB)
- Employer Recognition Scheme - Gold Award (PDF, 27.7KB)
- Values of the NHS Pension (PDF, 151.3KB)
- Staff Benefits (PDF, 152.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Ayris
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07813 025812
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