Assistant Practitioner

Are you looking to gain specialist skills and develop in a new role? Our team based on Poppy Ward at Woodlands Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner to join them.

Poppy Ward is a acute setting supporting men over the age of 18. Our ward aims to support men within a blended acute setting where people will receive specialist assessment and treatment in a safe environment. Our service supports people to learn to understand and manage their mental health and risk behaviour and to develop independent living skills collaboratively by identifying shared goals.

Our dedicated service is available to those people who need an acute setting and operates 7 days a week, 24 hours a day - it is a busy and sometimes challenging environment so will require someone who is flexible, remains calm under pressure and has excellent communication skills. This is a unique opportunity for you to work alongside and under the supervision of a team of Registered Nurses/Professionals; as a team we’re passionate about working collaboratively and creating a community. In this role there is scope to develop your knowledge, skills and ability in all areas of clinical care.

If you are self motivated, committed to delivering an excellent standard of care and would like a new challenge - we’d love to hear from you

This pathway enables you to complete a course in Assistant Practitioner if you do not have this qualification and then can lead onto nurse training.

**As Assistant Practitioner you will**:

- Support the registered nurse in the running of a shift
- Assess service users’ needs in conjunction with a registered professional.
- Work independently on own initiative to meet the needs of services users.
- Liaise and refer with external organisations as required promoting partnership and working to ensure holistic care.
- Ensure service users’ needs are accurately reflected in health record documentation.
- Assist service users and carers to access information and support.
- Support, promote and value equality and diversity.
- Work well both independently and with the multi-disciplinary team

Person specification

Knowledge
Essential criteria
Risk Assessment
Understanding of Mental Health Issues
CPA

Experience
Essential criteria
Working with Service Users and carers with mental health needs
Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process.

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care / Mental Health or equivalent
Care certificate or relevant equivalent.

**Skills**:Essential criteria
Ability to problem solve
Approachable, tactful and diplomatic
Ability to communicate widely in a clear manner

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

**Benefits**:
**Benefits included with this role are**:
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY