Job summary
We are looking for a substantive Band 6 Forensic Community Mental Health/LDA Nurse Practitioner for the FIND Team and Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLs).
The Forensic Intellectual, Neuropsychiatric & Developmental Disorders (FIND) team and Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLs) are expanding services that with an imminent expansion are going to merge, that provide support and intervention to service users transitioning from secure care to the community. The teams are based at Fromeside, Blackberry Hill Hospital. The teams provide cover across BNSSG, BSW, Somerset and Gloucester
We also offer specialist support, advice and guidance to mental health and other relevant services.
The successful applicant will care coordinate a small caseload with support from an expert MDT and jointly work with recovery teams.
This is an exciting post in an innovative developing service and we are aiming to develop a highly skilled team. There are training opportunities in a range of therapeutic skills and clinical tools, including, HCR- 20 and Dundrum.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and experienced Registered RMN/LD Nurse. You will need to have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in mental Health.
For full details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This opportunity would be perfect for someone who has relevant forensic experience with a keen interest in learning disabilities and autism.
This role is focused on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments, including administering depots to people with forensic LD&A needs, their carers (including friends and relatives), and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care, and well-being needs in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. The post holder may also be required to provide support, advice, and supervision to team members and other mental health and CLDT teams.
Always under the overarching framework of CPA, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning, delivery, and review of activities and interventions against identified health, social care, and well-being needs, acting as care coordinator for a defined group of service users. The role will also require undertaking and delivering specific health or social care assessments and interventions, including for identified service users on other caseloads. This may be either on a one-to-one basis or as part of a group activity. Secure services are currently in the process of transitioning over to Your Team, You Care, Your Conversation.
It is an essential requirement that applicants have a driving licence and their own personal transport.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working with service users with learning disabilities and/or autism and a history of extremely challenging and risky behaviour, who have typically been excluded from other services and may be difficult to engage. Working within highly complex systems. This post is emotionally demanding and requires strict adherence to appropriate personal and professional boundaries.
To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing, comprehensive care for service users with forensic needs, both in hospital and in the community. This will include:
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Standardised risk assessment tools, e.g., Dundrum, HCR20
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Recovery Star
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Needs assessment
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Mental state assessment
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Consideration of culture and diversity
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Functional needs assessment
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Carers assessments
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Evaluation of risk
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Physical health assessment
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Social care needs
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Safeguarding and public protection
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Activities of daily living
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Assessment of capacity under the Mental Capacity Act
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Administering depot medications
To be responsible for developing, delivering, and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment interventions using appropriate frameworks in line with evidencebased practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and their carers, bringing in other resources as required.
To act as care coordinator for service users as required and to provide defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.
For full details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working with service users with learning disabilities and/or autism and a history of extremely challenging and risky behaviour, who have typically been excluded from other services and may be difficult to engage. Working within highly complex systems. This post is emotionally demanding and requires strict adherence to appropriate personal and professional boundaries.
To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing, comprehensive care for service users with forensic needs, both in hospital and in the community. This will include:
-
Standardised risk assessment tools, e.g., Dundrum, HCR20
-
Recovery Star
-
Needs assessment
-
Mental state assessment
-
Consideration of culture and diversity
-
Functional needs assessment
-
Carers assessments
-
Evaluation of risk
-
Physical health assessment
-
Social care needs
-
Safeguarding and public protection
-
Activities of daily living
-
Assessment of capacity under the Mental Capacity Act
-
Administering depot medications
To be responsible for developing, delivering, and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment interventions using appropriate frameworks in line with evidencebased practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and their carers, bringing in other resources as required.
To act as care coordinator for service users as required and to provide defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.
For full details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
essentail
Essential
- Current relevant registration with the NMC
- Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience gained working in a range of front-line adult mental health services or LD&A
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies
- Able to articulate a detailed understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including CPA process, Mental Health Act , Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding
- Highly developed verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with people at all levels even when a more assertive approach is needed
- Substantially developed IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of recent further relevant training
- Experience in Forensic LD&A, Mental health/ Community mental health
- Experience of undertaking carers' assessments
Person Specification
essentail
Essential
- Current relevant registration with the NMC
- Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience gained working in a range of front-line adult mental health services or LD&A
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies
- Able to articulate a detailed understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including CPA process, Mental Health Act , Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding
- Highly developed verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with people at all levels even when a more assertive approach is needed
- Substantially developed IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of recent further relevant training
- Experience in Forensic LD&A, Mental health/ Community mental health
- Experience of undertaking carers' assessments
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).
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.
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).
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