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Band 6 - Enhanced Care Clinical Specialist Nurse, Corporate Nursing

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£39,205 - £47,084 pa inc. HCA
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
06 Jun 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
23 May 2025

Job overview

A rewarding role has arisen for 2 substantive posts of an Enhance Care Clinical Specialist Nurse in West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital (WHTH).

The Enhance Care Clinical Specialist Nurse will be part of the Enhance Care Team delivering timely quality care to patients within the trust.

We welcome applications from staff that are already on the NMC register with relevant experience in acute Mental Health inpatient settings.

The Enhance Care Clinical Specialist Nurse will be part of an MDT with partner agencies involved in the delivery of care to our patients.

You need to be a passionate role model in delivering compassionate care to our acutely unwell mental health patients presenting to the trust and keen to develop and build on your management and leadership skills.

You will support the Enhance Care Team & Mental Health Matron to lead the management and delivery of timely mental Health assessment, support & care, emphasising on relational security within trust, such as providing patient with choice, collaboration and transparency with a trauma informed care approach.

The post operates a shift rota system, including weekends and twilights. You will receive staff induction, in-house training, regular supervision and personal development reviews.

Main duties of the job

The appointed person will be expected to deputise for the Enhanced Care Team Lead, ensuring the effective coordination of enhanced care services. They will be responsible for risk assessing referred vulnerable patients in collaboration with ward teams to determine the necessity of assigning an Enhanced Care Support Worker. These referrals may be due to various factors, including challenging behaviour, dementia and delirium needs, a high risk of falls, and complex medical care support. Additionally, the role involves prioritising and allocating staff appropriately, overseeing workforce well-being, and supporting the Enhanced Care Team in daily operations. This includes workforce management tasks such as staff rostering, performance monitoring, and ensuring compliance to policies and protocols to maintain high-quality patient care.

Ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and patient’s needs are met in a timely manner. The focus of the role is to bridge the gap and supplement provision of mental support from the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT).

To complete trauma informed psychosocial mental health assessments and develop safe and effective collaborative plans of care with MHLT for patients within our emergency department and wards.

Provide compassionate and trauma informed care.

Responsible for the effective day-to-day management of clinical & operational issues for all mental health and neurodiversity patients in the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Enhance Care Clinical Specialist Nurse will develop strong professional relationships with the Trust, MHLT/CCATT and key clinicians in HPFT to ensure good lines of communication between the Trust and the mental health practitioners.

Act as a key point of contact and liaison for HPFT staff for operational and clinical delivery of mental health care for patient within WHTH.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills across agencies.

To work closely with HPFT, mental health commissioners and the wider health system to ensure best care for patients with mental health and complex social need.

To generate and sustain relationships that promote dignity, diversity, rights and responsibilities across mental health and wider networks.

Communicate regularly with the Trusts Mental Health Matron regarding operational team to ensure mental health / complex needs patients are in appropriate beds and ensure good patient flow across the Trust.

Communicate and escalate to the Trust Mental Health Matron any issues with bed management / patient flow involving mental health / complex needs patients.

Attend all relevant MDT meetings for mental health patients on behalf of the trust to ensure delivery of best care and treatment in the most appropriate setting – ensuring the patients’ needs and wishes are considered.

Work towards ensuring clinicians treat patients holistically considering both physical and mental health needs and that these are often interlinked.

Communicate and work across the wider health and care systems and ICS to ensure best outcomes for patients experiencing mental health crisis.

The Enhance Care Clinical Specialist Nurse will advocate on behalf of all patients.