Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Acute Care Worker

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Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area. The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team. The post will involve working within the Crisis Team which includes The Home Treatment Team, Assessment Team, Police Force Control Room and The Crisis Vehicular Response Service.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To work within the The Home Treatment Team, Assessment Team, Police Force Control Room and The Crisis Vehicular Response Service.
  • To work flexibly across a 7-day-a-week service.
  • To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice is of the highest standard of clinical care.
  • To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
  • To ensure up to date care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.
  • Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour.
  • Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
  • To assess carers' and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families.
  • Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.
  • Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Details

Date posted

24 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

274-8773-AI

Job locations

Peter Hodgkinson Centre

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5UA


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Crisis Team and with external agencies.
  • To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and risk assessments, and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
  • To adhere to N.M.C. or other relevant codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.
  • To develop clinical practice having due regard to Department of Health and other guidelines.
  • To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Crisis Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.
  • To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.
  • To provide Management Supervision to Band 5 and Band 3 staff.
  • To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Crises Team.
  • Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Crisis Team.
  • Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Crisis Team and with external agencies.
  • To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and risk assessments, and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
  • To adhere to N.M.C. or other relevant codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.
  • To develop clinical practice having due regard to Department of Health and other guidelines.
  • To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Crisis Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.
  • To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.
  • To provide Management Supervision to Band 5 and Band 3 staff.
  • To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Crises Team.
  • Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Crisis Team.
  • Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.

Person Specification

Skills & Competences

Essential

  • Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
  • Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
  • Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.

Qualifications

Essential

  • RMN or RNLD or RN, S/W, O/T,: 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or dgree or equivalent.
  • Current Registered Professional
  • ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
  • Mentorship Module (degree level)
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.

Desirable

  • Management training

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
  • Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Person Specification

Skills & Competences

Essential

  • Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
  • Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
  • Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.

Qualifications

Essential

  • RMN or RNLD or RN, S/W, O/T,: 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or dgree or equivalent.
  • Current Registered Professional
  • ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
  • Mentorship Module (degree level)
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.

Desirable

  • Management training

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
  • Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peter Hodgkinson Centre

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5UA


Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peter Hodgkinson Centre

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5UA


Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Coordinator

Martin Hancox

m.hancox@nhs.net

01522309445

Details

Date posted

24 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

274-8773-AI

Job locations

Peter Hodgkinson Centre

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5UA


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