Job Summary
The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Allied Health Professionals and Arts Therapies) in assessing service user's needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment through the process. The post holder, with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team will provide high quality, individualized care, which addresses the needs of the service users and meets individual health needs.

Main duties of the job
Actively support people with a learning disability in a variety of settings to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. This is delivered through person-centred assessment and treatment, which will subsequently be evaluated for achievement of identified goals.

Improve the lives of people with a learning disability by minimizing the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.

Professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in hospital or patients' homes and other community settings.

Act as lead professional or care co-ordinator as appropriate.

Facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision, clinical advice and clinical supervision to associate practitioners, healthcare assistants and students as appropriate.

Advocate for and promote a positive image of people with a learning disability.

Provide advice on reasonable adjustments to primary and secondary healthcare services.

Promote the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into mainstream services, through health facilitation, education and training of key personnel.

Ensure statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.

About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organization with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 367-LD&F-101308-B
Job locations: Lexden Hospital, London Road, Colchester, CO3 4DB, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families to deliver nursing assessment and then plan, implement and evaluate identified interventions, with a view to improving physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques where required, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Implement and promote evidence-based clinical processes and standards of practice across the service area.

Promote and assist the completion of health action plans.

Facilitate individual therapeutic sessions to achieve identified health outcomes for service users in accordance with assessed needs.

Develop and review a range of comprehensive and evidence-based clinical risk assessments and associated care plans. Ensure these plans have meaningful service user, carer and interdisciplinary involvement throughout the process.

Provide written reports as necessary for service user reviews.

Ensure the administration and safe custody of drugs and medications in accordance with Trust policy and procedure, as well as NMC guidelines.

Lead specific groups/sessions with clear objectives where identified.

Comply with and promote the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RNLD or RMN
• ENB 997/998 (Mentoring & (Mentoring & Preceptorship) or equivalent
• Post graduate qualification

Desirable

• NVQ Level D32/33 (Assessors qualification)

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Proven experience post registration.
• Experience of working with the criminal justice system.
• Knowledge of health-related practice, policy and legal requirements.
• Experience in care coordinating hospital discharges for detained patients.
• Management of junior staff and ensuring service priorities are met.
• Proven skills in clinical and managerial supervision.
• Experience & skills in management of stressfu lsituations ensuring recognition and support to staff and service users.
• Teaching and presentation skills.
• Audit as a part of performance review and improving clinical practice.
• Advanced knowledge & skills in Risk Assessment & Risk Management.
• Experience in completing structured clinical judgement risk assessments, e.g. HCR20.
• Ability to lead on Nursing Assessment's, Devise, Implement and Evaluate Care Plans.

Desirable

• Experience of providing offence specific treatments.

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.

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: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Lexden Hospital, London Road, Colchester, CO3 4DB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Apply through our website)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Interim Community Service Manager-North East Essex
John O'Connor
john.o'connor4@nhs.net
01206366653

If you require additional support or adjustments to the application process, please contact us. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.