Enhanced Support Practitioner

Job overview

The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Allied Health Professionals and Arts Therapies) in assessing service user’s needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment through the process.  The post holder, with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team will provide high quality, individualized care, which addresses the needs of the service users and meets individual health needs.

Main duties of the job

Actively support people with a learning disability in a variety of settings to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. This is delivered through person-centred assessment and treatment, which will subsequently be evaluated for achievement of identified goals.

Improve the lives of people with a learning disability by minimizing the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.

Professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in hospital or patients’ homes and other community settings.

Act as lead professional or care co-ordinator as appropriate.

Facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision, clinical advice and clinical supervision to associate practitioners, healthcare assistants and students as appropriate.

Advocate for and promote a positive image of people with a learning disability.

Provide advice on reasonable adjustments to primary and secondary healthcare services.

Promote the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into mainstream services, through health facilitation, education and training of key personnel.

Ensure statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families to deliver nursing assessment and then plan, implement and evaluate identified interventions, with a view to improving physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques where required, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Implement and promote evidence-based clinical processes and standards of practice across the service area.

Promote and assist the completion of health action plans.

Facilitate individual therapeutic sessions to achieve identified health outcomes for service users in accordance with assessed needs.

Develop and review a range of comprehensive and evidence-based clinical risk assessments and associated care plans. Ensure these plans have meaningful service user, carer and interdisciplinary involvement throughout the process.

Provide written reports as necessary for service user reviews.

Ensure the administration and safe custody of drugs and medications in accordance with Trust policy and procedure, as well as NMC guidelines.

Lead specific groups/sessions with clear objectives where identified.

Comply with and promote the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct