About this role
Job summary Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care?
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with the skills, drive, and commitment to join our service as an Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioner/Team Lead and make a real difference to the people we care for.
This role combines specialist clinical practice with operational leadership of the Enhanced Care and Support Team, including participation in a 7-day rota (8am-8pm). The post holder ensures safe, effective, and consistent care for patients requiring enhanced observation and therapeutic support, including people with mental health needs, people living with dementia, people experiencing delirium, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and people with eating disorders.
Working closely with matrons, multidisciplinary teams, and specialist leads, the post holder leads the standardisation of enhanced care processes in line with professional and statutory guidance. They undertake holistic assessments, support risk management and care planning, and coordinate resources to ensure safe staffing and high-quality care.
You will be providing expert clinical advice, leadership, and education, supporting a skilled and competent team. You'll also contribute to governance, audit, and service improvement, promoting a culture of learning and excellence while improving patient outcomes, experience, and safety.
Main duties of the job Provide strong clinical and operational leadership to the Enhanced Care and Support Team, acting as a visible role model and upholding Trust values. Lead and coordinate shifts, ensuring safe staffing and high standards of care for patients requiring enhanced observation and support. Work in partnership with ward teams and the multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, and review care, including managing risk and supporting complex decision-making. Deliver expert clinical practice, including holistic assessment, triage, care planning. Provide specialist advice on mental health, legal frameworks, and person-centred care to support safe and effective practice. Support and develop staff through supervision, coaching, training, and performance management, acting as line manager for Enhanced Care Practitioners. Promote a positive learning culture and ensure staff are appropriately trained, competent, and supported in their roles. Drive quality improvement by contributing to audit, governance, policy development, and service development. Ensure effective communication with patients, families, carers, teams, and partner agencies to support coordinated care. Monitor standards of care, respond to incidents or concerns, and take action to maintain safety and quality. Encourage evidence-based practice, contributing to research, audit, and the dissemination of learning to improve patient outcomes
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.
We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and person specification for further information about this opportunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
Registered Mental Health Nurse Current NMC registration Training in restrictive intervention, de escalation, and conflict resolution, including awareness of the risks of physical restraint and associated medical considerations (if not already completed, this must be undertaken within 3 months of commencing the role
Desirable
Leadership and management training Relevant post registration qualification or postgraduate diploma Quality Improvement (QI) methodology training Nurse prescribing qualification
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Evidence of managerial, leadership, and organisational skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address RUH Bath
Bath
BA1 3NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)