We are now recruiting a Band 6 Practitioner to join the core forensic team based in Lincoln, but care coordinate across all of Lincolnshire. We welcome applications from Mental Health Nurses, Social workers, Occupational Therapists or SALTs.

We are also able to offer a band 5-6 developmental post for those who have some Forensic and nursing experience but require further training to progress to a Band 6 post. Banding depends on experience and is discussed at interview.

We are looking for someone who embodies LPFT values and is able to work flexibly under their own initiative and as part of a wider MDT. Collaborative working is essential to this role as are excellent communication skills.

The Community Forensic Team (CFT), work with service users to support them to live their best lives in the community. We do this by providing specialist assessments and interventions for our patient group including those within the transforming care cohort. We work with mentally disordered offenders who present a significant risk of harm to others by nature of their mental disorder, including those subject to conditional discharge under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act or Supervised Community Treatment Orders (CTO's).

We work with those presenting with complex mental health needs who are involved in the criminal justice system including those conditionally discharged and living in the community under MOJ restrictions and with the Transforming Care cohort who present with forensic needs.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
• To work flexibly across a 5-day-a-week service.
• To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
• To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Forensic Service Team is of the highest standard of evidence based clinical care.
• To act as social supervisor for restricted patients residing in the community as set out in section 42 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Liaison with Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and provision of timely reports to the caseworker section.
• Liaison with MAPPA and National Probation Service (NPS) regarding high risk individuals including attendance at MAPPA meetings as directed and guided by the team manager.
• To work autonomously, with the ability to organise and manage own time according to delegated workload.
• To take accountability for own professional practice.
• Ability to formulate a risk assessment and risk management plan including application of the HCR-20 risk assessment under the supervision and guidance of the clinical psychologist.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life .Visitbeinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details, these include.

• Responsibilities for direct/indirect patient care.
• Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation.
• Responsibilities for human resources (including training).
• Responsibilities for information resources.
• Responsibilities for research and development.
• Organise own time and prioritise service user care in accordance with need.
• Manage delegated caseload (complex cases) and supervise nursing staff as required in the provision of direct/indirect nursing care.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner making decisions about service user care as appropriate with the nursing and wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Deputise, manage or take charge of the team in the absence of a Team Manager, as required ensuring resources are co-ordinated to deliver safe and effective care to service users.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Registration at degree level or equivalent experience in Nursing (RMN or RNLD)
• Mentorship Module or equivalent (degree level)
• Evidence of continued professional development in clinical practice, included accredited training.

Desirable

• Management / Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• oSubstantial post registration experience of working with adults with complex forensic mental health needs Experience working with adults involved in the criminal justice system
• oExperience of formulating clinical risk and making autonomous and collaborative decisions based on analysis of complex presenting problems
• oExperience of working with adults under the Transforming Care Cohort
• oSubstantial post registration experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community / inpatients
• oSound knowledge of interplay between part 3 MHA and of MCA and the criminal justice system
• oSound understanding of community resources and ability to work and communicate across multiple agencies and professions

Desirable

• Experience working with Neurodiversity needs Autism/Learning Disability. Experience attending MAPPA meetings
• Experience of the application of HCR-20 risk assessment
• Experience acting in the role as Social Supervisor in conjunction with MOJ requirements

Skills

Essential

• Sound knowledge of national agendas for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Highly developed skills in clinical risk assessment and a range of interventions
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent understanding of the therapeutic relationship and boundaries
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team
• Highly motivated & able to engage with patients & carers to improve outcomes
• Ability to work independently and collectively

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Community Forensic Team

Carholme Court

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

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