Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company within the private and public sector has a locum role for a Band 7 Specialist Practitioner (CPN) to work full-time within a Learning Disability Team based in Wandsworth.
The pay rate for this locum Specialist Practitioner role is £34.51 per hour (assignment rate) and is a 6-month contract.
Summary:
- As post holder of this role, you will contribute to the provision of a specialist Challenging Behaviour Pathway for adults with learning disabilities within the multidisciplinary Wandsworth Learning Disability Healthcare Team.
- Provide specialist behavioural assessments and interventions to clients. This will involve undertaking direct assessment and intervention with the client and indirect assessment, monitoring and intervention with staff and/or carers.
- Interventions will include working across a variety of settings, including residential and day services and will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Work autonomously alongside clients, families, support workers and professionals to enable others to better understand and respond to behaviours that are challenging in line with PBS principles, Positive & Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions (2014) and NICE Guidance (including NG11 & NG93).
- Work with wider stakeholders to deliver on the Transforming Care Agenda.
- Provide strategic input to the team's Challenging Behaviour Pathway and undertake an influential role in shaping the team's approach to working with behaviours that challenge.
- Supervise junior staff as requested to by the Lead Clinical Psychologist.
- Use research skills to carry out audits, service evaluations and research activities relevant to the service.
Requirements of the Specialist Practitioner:
- Valid NMC registration under Mental Health
- Previous experience working as a CPN
- A degree or equivalent within Mental Health Nursing (RMN trained)
- Experience in working with individuals whose behaviour challenges services
- Experience of a range of specialist behavioural assessment and interventions with clients with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges services, across the full range of care settings.
- Required to work Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive mental health nursing knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support
- In house payroll system
- Revalidation
- Industry-leading shift booking system
- Nationwide coverage including the Channel Islands
Contact:
This Specialist Practitioner job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
