Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioner/Team Lead

Job Overview

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.

The post holder provides expert clinical advice, leadership, and education, supporting a skilled and competent team. They 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

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Current NMC registration

Desirable criteria

• Leadership and management training

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of managerial, leadership, and organisational skills

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Enhanced Care Specialist Practitioner/Team Lead (PDF, 300.5KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Jo Baker Job title Associate Director for Vulnerable People Email address ***email_hidden*** Telephone number 07795981474