Job summary
We are seeking a Band 6 Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead for
a 12 month fixed term or secondment within our Secure Inpatients Wards at Langdon Hospital.
You will quickly become part of a friendly and supportive
multi-disciplinary team where you'll be using your skills and experience.
We are looking for someone who can lead by example and
demonstrate good collaborative working, placing emphasis on the Recovery Model.
The role is offered at Band 6 subject to Job Evaluation.
Main duties of the job
You will lead and inspire the service to become outstanding in Reducing Restrictive Practice and Ligature Reduction:
- Deliver bitesize training on inpatient wards
- Develop a network of Reducing Restrictive Practice (RRP) champions across all clinical wards and teams
- Support simulation team as and when required to support RRP.
- Deliver induction sessions as required
- Contribute to regular audits, ensuring compliance with Trust expectations on all aspects of RRP.
- Obtain data and prepare reports for Locality Quality and Standards and Locality RRP projects
- Attend Trustwide meetings representing the Locality on all aspects of RRP
- Deliver collaborative Quality Improvement Projects, together with QI lead
- Engage with National RRP Forums as appropriate to ensure that Secure Services are in line with Best Practice
- Provide management and / or clinical supervision to leads in this clinical area
- Support RRP projects across the service in response to National RRP strategy
- Maintain links with Trust RRP leads to ensure compliance with Trust strategy
- Contribute to and gather required data to meet SWPC and NHSE contract requirements in line with contract requirements
- Development of Standard Operating Procedures in line with contract requirements
- Maintenance of Continued Professional Development to maintain and develop skills to deliver best patient care.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable understanding of the Recovery approach.
- Good working knowledge of Healthcare and public service.
- Good knowledge of reducing restrictive practice agenda and how to implement this in clinical practice (including primary, secondary and tertiary preventative strategies).
- Good Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
- Good knowledge of computer office applications, word, excel, power point.
- Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and confidently to range of staff and audiences. Able to present highly complex information logically and concisely both verbally and in writing.
- Able to form positive relationships with staff at all levels, with all professions and people who use our services etc.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing risk assessments/managing risk and writing reports.
- Demonstrates a highly developed understanding of care in this context, and the role of learning disabilities/ASD/mental health services in the delivery of care and able to show how this has been delivered in practice.
- Substantial experience of engaging with therapeutic interventions for service users.
- Experience working in range of mental health/LD/ secure settings (e.g. prison, secure unit, forensic setting or other criminal justice setting).
- Experience of managing staff within a mental health care setting.
- Demonstrable experience of identifying and delivering professional development and improving standards of professional care.
Other
Essential
- Physical Skills: Mobility throughout the area covered by the Trust
- Other: Willing to undertake training related to role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional mental health qualification (Degree level).
- Professional Registration required.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Desirable
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to devise and deliver complex service delivery systems.
- Good numeracy as well as organisational and literacy skills.
- Able to understand and evaluate very complex problems quickly and in consultation with others.
- Able to reach balanced and mature judgements in the face of considerable adversity and complexity.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable understanding of the Recovery approach.
- Good working knowledge of Healthcare and public service.
- Good knowledge of reducing restrictive practice agenda and how to implement this in clinical practice (including primary, secondary and tertiary preventative strategies).
- Good Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
- Good knowledge of computer office applications, word, excel, power point.
- Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and confidently to range of staff and audiences. Able to present highly complex information logically and concisely both verbally and in writing.
- Able to form positive relationships with staff at all levels, with all professions and people who use our services etc.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing risk assessments/managing risk and writing reports.
- Demonstrates a highly developed understanding of care in this context, and the role of learning disabilities/ASD/mental health services in the delivery of care and able to show how this has been delivered in practice.
- Substantial experience of engaging with therapeutic interventions for service users.
- Experience working in range of mental health/LD/ secure settings (e.g. prison, secure unit, forensic setting or other criminal justice setting).
- Experience of managing staff within a mental health care setting.
- Demonstrable experience of identifying and delivering professional development and improving standards of professional care.
Other
Essential
- Physical Skills: Mobility throughout the area covered by the Trust
- Other: Willing to undertake training related to role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional mental health qualification (Degree level).
- Professional Registration required.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Desirable
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to devise and deliver complex service delivery systems.
- Good numeracy as well as organisational and literacy skills.
- Able to understand and evaluate very complex problems quickly and in consultation with others.
- Able to reach balanced and mature judgements in the face of considerable adversity and complexity.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
