B4 Associate Practitioner in Physical Health Eating Disorders-Bristol

Job description

Job responsibilities

To effectively undertake the role, duties will include:

1. Arranging physical health appointments in line with trust policy.
2. Developing and reviewing appropriate physical health and wellbeing care plans identifying, organising and signposting to other resources as appropriate.
3. Providing defined assessments/ interventions/ activities as part of the physical health appointment within your scope of practice and level or responsibility.
4. Completing relevant paper and electronic documentation, reports and letters in line with the associate practitioner role, in a timely and effective manner.
5. Provide information, advice and signposting to promote good physical health and wellbeing.
6. Provide complex and sensitive information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders (users of services, carers, multi-disciplinary colleagues, and other statutory/non statutory services).
7. Contribute to the safe and effective day to day operations of the service, escalating to a senior member of staff where necessary.
8. Provide a high standard of written and verbal communication that is clear and in line with local guidance.
9. Role model effective communication; demonstrating empathy, respect, compassion and hope where there may be barriers to understanding.
10. Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable in line with operational guidance.
11. Maintain professional relationships with all colleagues to ensure professional standards are met.
12. Promote a culture that incorporates Trust values and is recovery focused.
13. Must have an awareness and ability to maintain personal boundaries.
14. Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies/ procedures
15. Reporting of exceptions, complaints and gaps in service.
16. Assist in data collection for the on-going evaluation of the service.
17. Assist in promotion of the service locally and nationally as appropriate.
18. Report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the Trust's incident reporting policy, supporting appropriate actions that are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
19. To assist with ensuring day to day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety and person experience.
20. To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment.
21. To comply at all times with the Trust's Safer Governance related policies.
22. Seek advice and support from senior colleagues/line manager whenever necessary.
23. Ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.
24. Assist in planning assessment/appointments for face to face assessment of service users.
25. Undertake face to face physical assessments of service users.
26. Will conduct lone working as per operational need within guidelines of relevant trust policies.
27. To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.
28. Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
29. Create, implement and update care plans or referrals as required.
30. Champion service users' rights including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
31. Provide advice and guidance regarding mental and physical health and wellbeing challenges within scope of practice.
32. Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
33. Implementation of NICE guidance and other statutory/ best practice guidelines (if appropriate) under guidance from senior staff.
34. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to service provision.
35. Participate in programmes of audit and research within the team as agreed, implementing the findings.
36. Contribute to clinical governance arrangements in order to ensure the quality of the service provided.
37. Involvement in the development of local systems and process that ensure the implementation of Trust policies.
38. It is the individual post holder's responsibility to manage organisational resources efficiently and to suggest efficiency savings to line management as they arise.
39. The post holder has the responsibility to maintain the safe keeping of the organisation's property.
40. Help support junior staff with guidance from senior staff.
41. Ensure information resources are used to maintain knowledge of Trust, Directorate and Team priorities and safety initiatives.
42. To participate in regular supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.
43. Work without direct management and take accountability for your own actions.
44. Work within the operational policies and service specifications of the team.
45. To participate in the Trust's annual appraisal process.
46. To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.
47. Work cooperatively with colleagues ensuring a 'no hands off' approach.
48. Ensure that you remain professionally competent. Take responsibility for ensuring own educational and development/ gaps in practice/knowledge and met, ensuring you are able to perform all elements of your role effectively and safely.
49. Maintain an up to date record of continued professional development for your role.
50. To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography
51. This is not an exhaustive list of duties / responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which fall within the banding of the role, in discussion with the team/service manager.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification, Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Experience of direct work with service users in a health care setting
• Access to own transport - Ability to travel across the City of Bristol
• Ability to manage own workload

Desirable

• Experience of community mental health work
• Venepuncture (1) and ECG trained/experience (1)
• Experience of community physical health work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

ACER

Blackberry Hill Hospital Manor Rd

Stapleton Bristol

BS16 1EG

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)