Job summary
Secure services are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner with a keen interest in working within a male ward.You will be based at Foxhall House - Ipswich.
This is a 7 day a week service 24 hours a day.It can be a challenging and demanding role that requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely alongside the MDT. This is a unique opportunity for you to work alongside and under the supervision of a team of Registered Nurses/Professionals. In this role there is scope to develop your knowledge, skills and ability in all areas of clinical care.Ideally, you will have experience of working withinmental health services. You will be an excellent communicator, self-motivated and committed to delivering a high standard of care.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting the registered nurse in the running of a shift
- To act as the named nurse for a patient on the ward and coordinate the care for them
- Assess service users' needs in conjunction with a registered professional.
- Able to work independently on own initiative to meet the needs of services users.
- Liaise and refer with external organisations as required promoting partnership. working to ensure holistic care.
- Ensure service users' needs are accurately reflected in health record documentation.
- Assist service users and carers to access information and support.
About us
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starter annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities. Interview dates are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Able to work within multi-disciplinary team.
- Recognise the importance of service user and carer involvement in delivery of care.
- Able to develop relationships and networks with internal and external agencies and services.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to a wide variety of professionals in a variety of methods.
- Provide updates and reports as required related to service users needs and care both written and verbal.
- Work within Trust Policy in all matters related to communication of clinical risk, including the need for information sharing.
- Clearly understand the issues surrounding confidentiality.
- Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches and promotes the values of quality approaches to others.
- Practice within the professional boundaries and code of practice for Assistant Practitioners.
- Recognise own level of competency and act and seek support when limitations of knowledge or competency are identified.
- Maintain practice through further study, research, clinical practice and personal development.
- Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner which maintains and promotes quality.
- Keep accurate records in accordance with Trust Policies.
- Support day to day running of services including co-ordination of staff and daily tasks and training and mentoring of junior staff.
- Provide leadership for junior staff including supervision; appraisal; and line management.
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
- Equality and Diversity.
- Act in ways that support equality and value diversity.
- Support, promote and value equality and diversity.
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.
- Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment.
For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Able to work within multi-disciplinary team.
- Recognise the importance of service user and carer involvement in delivery of care.
- Able to develop relationships and networks with internal and external agencies and services.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to a wide variety of professionals in a variety of methods.
- Provide updates and reports as required related to service users needs and care both written and verbal.
- Work within Trust Policy in all matters related to communication of clinical risk, including the need for information sharing.
- Clearly understand the issues surrounding confidentiality.
- Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches and promotes the values of quality approaches to others.
- Practice within the professional boundaries and code of practice for Assistant Practitioners.
- Recognise own level of competency and act and seek support when limitations of knowledge or competency are identified.
- Maintain practice through further study, research, clinical practice and personal development.
- Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner which maintains and promotes quality.
- Keep accurate records in accordance with Trust Policies.
- Support day to day running of services including co-ordination of staff and daily tasks and training and mentoring of junior staff.
- Provide leadership for junior staff including supervision; appraisal; and line management.
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
- Equality and Diversity.
- Act in ways that support equality and value diversity.
- Support, promote and value equality and diversity.
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.
- Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment.
For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Care certificate or relevant equivalent.
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5
Experience
Essential
- Working with Service Users with mental health needs
- Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently
- Flexible attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Care certificate or relevant equivalent.
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5
Experience
Essential
- Working with Service Users with mental health needs
- Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently
- Flexible attitude
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
