Physical Health Care Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Early access to Psychological Therapys

Annual leave

Car leasing scheme

Eye tests

Salary sacrifice discounts

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Physical Health Care Practitioner (NHS AfC Band 6) for CYP Urgent Care Services in Lincoln. The post supports management of physical health needs within a MDT of safeguarding-focused teams.

The role runs Monday–Friday 9am–5pm with some flexible working; base location negotiable and a 12-month secondment is available. Agency terms apply, with strong emphasis on collaborative care and continuing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Health Practitioner with eligibility to practise in the NHS setting.
• Teaching qualification (ENB 998 or equivalent) required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Experience in mental health or learning disabilities settings.

Responsibilities

• Devise, deliver and evaluate care relating to physical health needs via assessment, care plans and pathways.
• Provide clinical leadership within the MDT to deliver high-quality physical health care.
• Support development and drive improvements in physical health clinical practice.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Assessment skills

Independent & team work

Workload management

Audit

Supervision

Education

Registered Health Practitioner

Teaching qualification (ENB 998)

Evidence of CPD

Job description

Main area CYP Urgent Care Service Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12146-SP-A

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Countywide. To be agreed Town Lincoln Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Physical Health Care Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

As part of our strategic vision for improved physical health monitoring, care delivery and parity of esteem between physical and mental health; you will facilitate and support the management of the physical health needs of patients during their treatment and care within CYP services.

You will work within CYP Urgent Care Services as part of an MDT of people managing our riskiest children and young people who are at risk of admission to hospital. Supporting the teams across the working week- Monday- Friday 9am-5pm, your base is negotiable and we do support some flexible working to enable a good work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

Devise, deliver and evaluate care relating to the physical health needs of patients via assessment (including risk), care plans, care pathways and service developments.

Provide clinical leadership and work in partnership with patients, their carers and internal/external colleagues within the multi disciplinary (MDT) in the delivery of high quality, evidence based physical health care.

Through education and training, support the development and drive improvements in physical health clinical practice skills with colleagues in local settings.

Through liaison, joint working, training and education ensure that the clinical practice is in line with trust policy ensuring the trust objectives for improving physical heatlh care is achieved for our service users.

To support the integration between CCETT, EDS and MHLS by sitting across all teams to ensure all patients have access to physical health support.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Health Practitioner - Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, Learning Disabilities and / or Mental Health); Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
• Where Learning Disabilities or Mental Health, a relevant qualification in physical healthcare or ability to evidence up-to-date knowledge and experience of working with physical healthcare needs in a mental health or learning disabilities setting
• Teaching qualification (ENB 998 or equivalent)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of mental health or learning disabilities within a health or care setting

Experience

• Previous experience of a work environment associated with challenging and complex situations
• Experience of communicating with a wide range of service users (patients), public, partners and staff
• Experience of managing the care of patients with complex physical healthcare needs
• 2 years post registration experience

Skills

• Highly motivated and able to engage with service users (patients) and carers to improve outcomes
• Good interpersonal and assessment skills
• Ability to work independently and collectively
• Ability to negotiate priority and manage own workload
• Ability to implement, monitor and review care pathways
• Ability to maintain up-to-date service user records and files as appropriate
• Ability to work independently within Health and Safety guidelines
• Ability to engage and work in partnership with other professionals, agencies and organisations.Ability to contribute to developing mental health and learning disabilities services
• Ability to undertake audit
• Ability to motivate and support others
• Ability to resolve conflict
• Ability to incorporate learning into practice
• Ability to work in a non-oppressive way with service users (patients), carers and colleagues
• Ability to manage and provide supervision to junior staff
• Supervision training

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.