Advanced Practitioner - Widnes, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Widnes, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Halton & Warrington Learning Disability Community Team for an Advanced Practitioner (with an interest in forensic and PBS) to be a key senior member of the Enhanced Intensive Support Function (ISF), working alongside the established community learning disability team to develop, initiate, lead and manage clinical assessment, formulation and interventions.

The post holder will provide expert clinical advice and intensive interventions to people with a learning disability with the most complex challenging behaviour / autism and mental health issues.

Acting as an autonomous senior practitioner and assume continued responsibility for a
caseload and clinically led interventions.

The post holder will be a key senior member of the Intensive Support Team leading on the PBS and development of the forensic element of the service.

The Intensive support service will work alongside the established community learning disability team to develop, initiate, lead and manage clinical assessment, staff training and special projects consistent with the aims of the Trust, service plan and service operational policy.

To develop PBS intervention plans and risk management plans ensuring the service user, family / carers are able to understand and implement
the interventions.
The post holder with the team, will provide training to a wide range of people internal and external (health, social services, voluntary/private sector staff, service users and carers) relating to the individualised care and risk management plans for service users with complex needs
The service model is one of supporting people, whose behaviours challenge services, working closely with specialist practitioners and other health
professionals to support this complex group of individuals to remain in their community setting and, where an appropriate admission has occurred,
to be discharged promptly and safely in line with national Transforming Care strategy.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to perfect care care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

Were currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Job Outcomes:

As a result of the post-holder being effective in their role, The Trust would expect to see the following outcomes for the Trust, service users and the wider community:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care.
Service users receiving a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
Staff engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users.
Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers
The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.

Job Purpose:

The post holder will be a key senior member of the Enhanced intensive support team, working alongside the established community learning disability team to develop, initiate, lead and manage clinical assessment, formulation and interventions, staff training and special projects consistent with the aims of the Trust, service plan and service operational policy.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

MANAGERIAL
Provide effective clinical guidance to the designated Enhanced intensive support team.
Formulate and implement local clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.
Represent the Service Manager at meetings as required.

Ensure effective deployment of staff and other resources within the intensive support team to deliver the required service and agreed standards.

Participate in the recruitment and selection process in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure effective induction of new staff in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure exit interviews are offered to staff on leaving the organisation/moving teams within the Trust.
Ensure the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy and philosophy for the clinical team.
Ensure the p