ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONER BAND 6

Job Description:

• Deliver evidence based planned care, which is safe and effective, in a manner which is caring, compassionate and enables service users to reach an optimum level of functioning, independence, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Provide care within well-established policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and established clinical care plans, whilst acting within the required sphere of clinical competences for the role at all times.
• Following initial assessment by a registered health care professional, exercise initiative and judgement in, care planning, goal setting, delivery, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Working collaboratively and in partnership with others, develop knowledge to promote holistic care.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of the care and treatment programmes of individual service users to enable the post holder to contribute and inform the decision making of registered health care professionals.
• Make appropriate care adjustments, within the agreed level of autonomy for the post, and be able to communicate any changes to service users, carers and the health care team. This may include regular assessment, evaluation, reporting and escalating relevant information to appropriate health and social care professionals.            
• Undertake enhanced training and preparation to meet the specific clinical needs of the service and to equip the post holder for an enhanced leadership role.
• Contribute to enabling service users to reach their potential, including the utilisation of public health approaches e.g. providing advice and support or signposting to the appropriate service.
• Undertake and maintain the required statutory, mandatory and core training as required by the specific area of service.
• May be required to work in challenging environments which could include using managing aggression and violence techniques, lone working and conflict resolution.
• Supervise and delegate work to health care support workers, participate in their induction, training, appraisal.
• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.