Enhanced Support Nurse Practitioner

o 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.

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

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

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

o 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.

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

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

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

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

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout