Assistant Practitioner Nursing

The post holder will be a NVQ 3 Qualification/ Associate Qualification and will be responsible for patients allocated to them and will review, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable., Be responsible for a delegated caseload following initial assessment by the registered staff, carrying out interventions, including goal setting, outcomes, risk assessment & discharge. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register. To supervise pre-registration students, Band 3 and 2 and unregistered staff. To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately. Contribute to the team/service development with the assistance of clinicians and Team Lead Participate in team meetings to ensure effective exchange of information within the multidisciplinary team
for optimum care/goal planning and coordination of care delivery Build relationships to promote seamless care

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.