Enhanced Care Practitioner

NHS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an Enhanced Care Support Practitioner to support the Lead Nurse in enhancing care protocols for vulnerable patients. The role involves leadership in managing a team of Enhanced Care Support Workers and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will be passionate about delivering compassionate care to those needing additional support due to cognitive impairments like dementia. This role presents an opportunity to make a significant impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult/Child, Mental Health, or Learning Disability Nurse.
• Evidence of relevant post registration education.
• Ongoing professional development in the field.

Responsibilities

• Support the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care in developing care strategies.
• Manage a team of Enhanced Care Support Workers.
• Ensure compliance with Enhanced Care Standard Operating Procedures.

Skills

Experience in assessment and management of dementia/delirium

Team leadership

Communication skills

Teaching and training skills

Problem-solving

Education

NMC Registered Adult/Child, Mental Health, or Learning Disability Nurse

Post registration education of level 6

Teaching qualification

Job description

The role of the Enhanced Care Support Practitioner is to support the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care in the Trust Wide delivery of the Enhanced Care Standard Operating Procedure. The role also includes supporting the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care in the management and supervision of the Enhanced Care Support Workers and deputising in the absence of the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care. The role also includes providing effective leadership, expertise, advice and support to ward teams providing Enhanced care to patients who are at risk of harm secondary to cognitive disturbance and resultant vulnerability.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical expertise in developing strategies to support clinical management of patients assessed as requiring enhanced care and to support value added enhanced care which is therapeutic for individual patients and to support ward teams in implementing and monitoring the effectiveness of those interventions. To implement the ELHT Standard Operating Procedure for Enhanced Care and to monitor and support compliance via delivery and audit activity. Ensure that the care being provided has appropriate safeguards to protect patients from abuse and ensuring that the process offers the patient choice and support to make decisions about their safety and well-being. Ensure the appropriate application of assessment and treatment tools that will ensure an appropriate level of intervention so that patients who present with behaviours that challenged due to cognitive impairment i.e. Learning Disability, Autism, Dementia, Delirium, Mental Health receive the most appropriate specialist care.

About us

As the band 6 Enhanced Care Practioner, you will work as part of the ELHT safeguarding team. You will work closely with the enhanced care lead nurse, learning disability team and wider safeguarding team to deliver safe, personal and effective care.

Job responsibilities

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust we have a new and exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse Child/Adult, Mental Health or Learning Disability or Registered Allied Health Professional/Social Worker with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to support in leading a brand-new Enhanced Care Support Team. The role of the Enhanced Care Practitioner will be to support the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care in delivering the requirements of Enhanced Care to those patients Trust Wide, who require additional enhanced care during their hospital attendance. This will include patients who present with Dementia, Delirium, Learning Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health. The team are support by a number of Enhanced Care Support Workers (ECSW) who deliver direct care to patients. The role of the Enhanced Care Practitioner is to support the ECSW in undertaking their role. This includes allocation of ECSW, reviewing and assessing patients to ensure the appropriate level of enhanced care is in place, developing patient centred care plans, supporting staff Trust Wide in developing their knowledge and skills in the delivery of enhanced care. This includes the use of distraction and de-escalation techniques through therapeutic interventions to support patients to feel safe and improve their hospital experience in the least restrictive way. Part of the role will include the line management of the ESCWs, including undertaking clinical supervision, appraisals, sickness reviews, roster management etc. With the support of the Lead Nurse for Enhanced Care, the role will also include the development of policies and pathways, training, investigation and management of incidents and audit activity. We are looking for a practitioner who has a high level of knowledge and experience of caring for patients across vulnerable groups and is passionate about ensuring vulnerable patients feel safe, supported and cared for in what can be a challenging and distressing time. The successful candidate will be hardworking, able to professionally challenge and be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team. If the above sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Adult/Child, Mental Health, Learning Disability Nurse or first level professional qualification in AHP/Social Work
• Evidence of post registration education of level 6 relating to the field or equivalent experience as evidenced in their portfolio
• Evidence of ongoing continuing relevant professional development and
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• Experience and expertise in the assessment and clinical management of patients with dementia/delirium
• Experience of MDT working
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Experience of quality improvement

Knowledge skills and competencies

• Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the role including the use of distraction techniques, de-escalation and therapeutic interventions to support patients across all ages.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent teaching and training skills
• Able to motivate and develop a team of staff
• Able to problem solve and initiate change
• Able to work across professional boundaries
• Able to assertively challenge practice
• Knowledge of health and safety and risk management
• Understanding of audit and research methodologies

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.