Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, passionate clinical practitioner (Registered Nurse or AHP) to be part of a small team working to prevent unnecessary admissions to mental health hospitals of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism.

As a clinical practitioner you will oversee a cohort of individuals who have been referred to the Dynamic Support Pathway & whom have been identified as having complex needs requiring additional support to coordinate & manage their care.

You will be confident to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and have the ability to work across numerous agencies whilst keeping the individual at the centre of everything you do.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate the Trust Values in everything you do.

Whilst the role primarily works with adults, the Dynamic Support Pathway is an all age service and experience of working with children and young people is desirable.

You will join the award winning LDA Collaborative and will be part of making a difference and improving the lives of local people.

You will hold a professional qualification

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Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To work autonomously,
• To contribute to care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:
  • Patient safety
  • The effectiveness of all health care interventions
  • Patient experience
  • The environment in which care is delivered
• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity in a range of settings.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective care plans and treatments are in place for complex service users.
• Recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Work collaboratively and ensure maintenance of effective partnership communication and with other professionals, agencies and stakeholders to ensure needs are met in relation to care input, support for ongoing care needs and safe discharge.
• Ensure that fully accurate, complete and contemporaneous clinical records are written and maintained for each service user in accordance with agreed policy
• Actively participate in the development and implementation and delivery of new ways of working, implementing research based practice in order to promote ongoing care improvement.
• Ensure that self and team members act at all times to provide a personalised service to patients in accordance with agreed standards and promote quality, diversity and rights.
• Take due regard to the importance of the effect and consequence of the care environment with regard to its physical, psychological and social effects on patients and care delivery.
• To communicate complex and sensitive patient information where there is a requirement for tact, persuasion and there may be barriers to understanding.