Job summary
The post holder will work with the Lead Nurse for Standards and Quality and key stakeholders to champion the reducing restrictive interventions agenda, ensuring safe, compassionate and high-quality care that places patients at the centre. As an experienced restraint-reduction professional, they will work alongside the PMVA team to plan, deliver and monitor evidence-based training aligned with the Restraint Reduction Network Standards to reduce incidents of violence and aggression. The role provides expert clinical advice, supports risk management, contributes to policy development and undertakes analysis and reporting linked to restrictive practices. The post holder will also lead the development of self-governing PMVA practice within the Trust, identify income-generation opportunities and support ongoing service improvement. As a key member of the Reducing Restrictive Interventions Governance Group, they will help maintain governance structures, oversee the reduction in physical interventions and produce high-quality reports for the Trust Board on restrictive practice usage, associated risks and wider quality issues, ensuring robust oversight and continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
Work with the Lead Nurse for Standards and Quality, the Associate Director of Clinical Governance and the PMVA Team Lead to ensure PMVA training is robust, clearly focused and aligned with national guidance and best practice to maintain BILD certification. Lead the development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of the Trust's Reducing Restrictive Intervention Strategy, supporting operational reductions in restrictive practices across the organisation. Interpret regulatory and advisory frameworks to ensure safe delivery of training and communicate requirements to stakeholders. Provide expert guidance, support and professional leadership to multi-professional teams in risk management, complex case reviews and crisis response. Investigate incidents involving restrictive physical interventions and ensure learning is embedded in practice. Identify and act on learning from local and national data, research and evidence. Work with senior clinical governance leads on initiatives that support continual improvement in reducing violence, aggression and the use of physical interventions, including models such as Safewards.
About us
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people, and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex and Hampshire:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns.
- Enjoy a range of beautiful rural settings and bustling city locations.
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RNMH / RNLD) and / or relevant degree in Violence Reduction or similar.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at Band 7 or above for at least 2 years within a mental health / learning disability setting
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas
- Knowledge of pre and post registration issues for clinical and professional staff within the NHS
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - effective in influencing, negotiating and working with a wide range of stakeholders
- Works with stakeholders to develop improvement / innovation plans
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Approach/Values/Personal attributes
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Positive approach to problem solving and a can do attitude.
- Ability to prioritise and use own initiative.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RNMH / RNLD) and / or relevant degree in Violence Reduction or similar.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at Band 7 or above for at least 2 years within a mental health / learning disability setting
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas
- Knowledge of pre and post registration issues for clinical and professional staff within the NHS
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - effective in influencing, negotiating and working with a wide range of stakeholders
- Works with stakeholders to develop improvement / innovation plans
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Approach/Values/Personal attributes
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Positive approach to problem solving and a can do attitude.
- Ability to prioritise and use own initiative.
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
