The enhanced care team provide specialised enhanced care to patients on the emergency floor and medical wards who require close supervision. Emergency departments have experienced an increase in patients presenting with mental health needs and the enhanced care team are an integral part of the multidisciplinary response to this, ensuring our patients receive safe, effective care.
We are a positive and welcoming team. There are regular opportunities for education and development and a range of staff benefits within the trusts well being programme.
Closing Date: 14th September 2025 at Midnight
Interview Date: 23 September 2025
The post holder will co-ordinate the Enhanced Care team on a daily basis ensuring that enhanced care nursing assistants are appropriately allocated to patients requiring continuous observations.
The post holder will work collaboratively with ward teams and Mental Health Liaison Team to ensure patients receive effective mental health care, in accordance with the principles of least restriction.
The post holder will be responsible for the planning, provision and review of enhanced care and will direct the enhanced care team to deliver therapeutic engagement and interventions to patients with mental health conditions or those experiencing psychological distress.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may undertake research, lead clinical audits in own specialist area. Ensuring the safety and well being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centered care principles.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tsitsi Macarthy Job title: Team Lead Email address:
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