Forensic Nursing Lead – LD/Autism (FIND Team)

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Bristol; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking an experienced nurse to join the FIND Team within AWP Secure Services at Fromeside Hospital.

The post-holder will work with the Team Manager and Senior Practitioners to maintain high professional standards across the team, providing consultation, risk assessments, and leadership for service users with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism.

Responsibilities

• Clinical leadership -- Motivating, guiding and supporting staff to deliver high-quality care, ensuring effective communication and modelling best practice
• Caseload management -- Holding an appropriately sized caseload of complex service users, providing clinical supervision to B6s within team
• Quality and standards -- Ensuring compliance with professional, legal and Trust and National standards, In addition to the standard Trust Senior Prac JD attached
• To undertake specialist risk assessment such as HCR-20, Dundrum
• To hold an oversight role of all High Secure patients
• Support the SLT with team consultations
• To provide expert forensic advice and consultation via Duty/team consultations/admission avoidance work
• Demonstrates an interest in and understanding of Learning Disability and Autsim, how they present across care services and appropriate interventions at different points on the pathway.
• Experience of working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Experience of risk assessment and management

Job description

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking an experienced nurse to join the FIND Team within AWP Secure Services at Fromeside Hospital.

The post-holder will work with the Team Manager and Senior Practitioners to maintain high professional standards across the team, providing consultation, risk assessments, and leadership for service users with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism.