Band 7 Senior Practitioner - Hodson & Liddington, Swindon

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

We are excited to have a Senior Practitioner role covering both Hodson and Liddington Wards.
This post creates an opportunity for clinical leadership, working across both The Functional and Organic Later Life wards, offering training and supervision, completing audits, delivering QI projects and ensuring compliance with best practice. The post holder will take the lead in Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, working alongside the Quality Improvement lead. The Senior practitioner will alongside the ward manager play an active role in Bed management, attending various bed meetings over the course of the week.
Hodson is a 12 bedded mixed gender functional ward, where later life service users may present with complex mental health needs, physical health needs and varying risks. Liddington is a 12 bedded Organic Ward where later life service users often present with Dementia type illnesses and often have complex needs requiring skilled interventions. The post holder will work closely with both ward managers and our other Senior Practitioner who covers the Acute/Rehab wards. They will also be part of a strong multi-disciplinary team on both wards and the wider leadership team of the hospital.
The post holder will form a strong network of allies, both within the locality and the Trust.
This senior practitioner role will be based at Victoria Centre on the Great Western Hospital site. They will cover both Hodson and Liddington wards.
The post holder will work across both wards, ensuring consistency and oversight in the delivery of clinical training and supervision, particularly around physical health, risk management and sexual safety.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Deliver bitesize training on wards
Develop a network of leads across all clinical wards and teams
Deliver induction sessions as needed.
Contribute to regular audits, ensuring compliance with Trust expectations.
Obtain data and prepare reports for Locality Quality and Standards and Locality Physical Health Group.
Attend Trustwide meetings representing the Locality.
Deliver Quality Improvement Projects, together with QI lead.
Work closely with MDT on both wards.
Engage with National Forums as appropriate to ensure that the wards are in line with Best Practice.
Provide management and / or clinical supervision to leads in this clinical area.
Development of Standard Operating Procedures in line with contract requirements.
Maintain links with Trust Lead to ensure compliance.
Maintenance of Continued Professional Development in order to maintain and develop skills to deliver best patient care.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Deliver bitesize training on wards.
Develop a network of leads across all clinical wards and teams.
Deliver induction sessions as needed.
Contribute to regular audits, ensuring compliance with Trust expectations.
Obtain data and prepare reports for Locality Quality and Standards and Locality Physical Health Group.
Attend Trust wide meetings representing the Locality.
Deliver Quality Improvement Projects, together with QI lead.
Work closely with MDT on both wards.
Engage with National Forums as appropriate to ensure that the wards are in line with Best Practice.
Provide management and / or clinical supervision to leads in this clinical area.
Development of Standard Operating Procedures in line with contract requirements.
Maintain links with Trust Lead to ensure compliance.
Maintenance of Continued Professional Development in order to maintain and develop skills to deliver best patient care.