Enhanced Care Practitioner

Bristol Nhs Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered adult or mental health nurse at Band 6 Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioner to lead a team delivering activity/interventions for in-patients with enhanced care needs.

The role focuses on risk assessment, multidisciplinary collaboration, and ensuring high-quality 1:1 support in an acute hospital setting at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Qualifications

• Active 1st level NMC registration and current NMC registration.
• Teaching/mentoring qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience of evidence-based practice and professional portfolio maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Enhanced Care Team and coordinate daily allocation.
• Collaborate with ward teams and liaise with psychiatry for safe, planful care.
• Assess risk, plan patient care, and implement strategies to reduce risk.
• Provide 1:1 support and ensure high-quality activity/interventions.
• Monitor outcomes and contribute to multidisciplinary reviews.

Skills

IT skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Mentoring/teaching

Audit/data use

Teamwork

Flexibility

Risk assessment

Education

NMC registration

Teaching/Mentoring qualification

Portfolio maintenance

Masters degree

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a registered adult or registered mental health nurse to the post of band 6 enhanced care specialist practitioner to manage and support our team of health care support workers as part of our Enhanced Care Team who provide meaningful activity/intervention for in-patients who have enhanced care needs, including the provision of 1:1 care. This includes patients who require specialist mental health support while receiving care in the acute general hospital environment.

This is an exciting post with the opportunity to be innovative while working with the support of the wider nursing and multi-disciplinary teams.

Main duties of the job

• Operational day to day management responsibility at team level using performance management systems to ensure the effective delivery of activity.
• Coordinate the daily allocation of the Enhanced Support Team.
• Collaborative working with ward teams, contributing towards the assessment, review and oversight of patients requiring enhanced levels of care.
• Take an active role in the risk assessment and planning of patient care in collaboration with the ward teams and supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk.
• Regular contact with the wider multi-disciplinary team including liaison psychiatry to ensure safe care provision, risk management and care planning of patients who require specialist 1:1 support.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details

• Closing date: 04 November 2026
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata for part time roles
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 387-MED1435-GB
• Location: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St., Bristol, BS2 8HW

Person Specification

Essential knowledge and experience

• Experience of support patients who may be in distress or have escalating and deregulated behaviours
• Significant experience in the acute clinical setting
• Evidence of recent teaching experience
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Experience of working with patients who are experiencing complexities in their health and wellbeing such as those who living with dementia, mental health issues including eating disorders, learning disabilities for example
• Thorough and up to date knowledge of legal frame works such as Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act
• Experience and knowledge of advanced practice/protocols
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience

Essential skills and abilities

• Highly effective communication skills - verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict or distress
• Strong organisational skills - prioritising complex situations
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Demonstrates ability to implement and utilise audit data to improve quality
• Able to advise on and implement improvements to the quality and efficiency of care for patients
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to cope with sensitive and sometimes distressing emotional issues, and to support others
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing/NHS
• Excellent IT skills

Essential qualifications and training

• Active 1st level registration with NMC
• Current NMC registration
• Teaching/Mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation

  Desirable qualifications and training

  • Masters level study or equivalent experience

  Essential aptitudes

  • Respecting Everyone
  • Embracing Change
  • Recognising Success
  • Working Together

  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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals and is an equal opportunities employer.