Job summary
- Main area
- NMC
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-7678013-CORP
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Enhanced Therapeutic Observations of Care (ETOC) Lead Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Your role will be to be the clinical lead and expert for Enhanced Therapeutic Observations of Care (ETOC) for the organisation. Your role will be key in ensuring that all enhanced care is provided therapeutically, to a high standard and in accordance with Trust policies and best practice.
You will use excellent communication and risk assessment skills to support clinical teams to understand the needs of patients, to develop person-centred care plans and to monitor the effectiveness of interventions, to aid recovery and reduce length of stay. The role also involves management and leadership of the ECSO practitioners, alongside NHSP
Main duties of the job
· To support the delivery of safe, high-quality care to patients requiring Enhanced Therapeutic Observations and Care.
· Be accountable and take direct responsibility for carrying out specialist assessments including risk assessments. Develop, implement, evaluate and document specialist care.
· To support the education and skills development of nursing teams in ETOC and related themes such as Mental Health diagnoses, legal frameworks such as the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act.
· To support the efficient and appropriate use of Health Care Support Workers and Enhanced Care Support Officers staffing through specialist assessment of patient need and risk.
· Acting as an expert resource for Senior Leaders and front-line nursing teams
· Be clinically visible and accessible in approach to support the workforce, patients, carers, and relatives.
Working for our organisation
You will be working within the Trust-wide team that is dynamic, passionate, highly motivated, innovative, with experienced senior nurses who are dedicated to making a real impact on patient care. You will be working alongside the Clinical Site Managers who play a pivotal role in driving both clinical and operational excellence, ensuring seamless patient flow across the entire organisation with the support of the patient flow managers.
As a key member of this close-knit, supportive team, you will work directly with the Matron and Head of Site Operations to provide Trust-wide support. Here, you will collaborate with diverse clinical and operational teams, playing an essential part in creating a positive, high-quality patient experience across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level education or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse/RMN
- Evidence of Continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Management/leadership qualification
- MSc in a relevant clinical area
- Specialist training to master’s level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of post graduate study
- Teaching qualification
- Previous experience of leading audit, research and project management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes for individual patients utilising specialist knowledge across a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist Assessments
- Ability to provide and communicate complex information to arrange of health, social care and thirdparty workers
- Ability to provide and receive complex information to patients and carers using a wide range of highly developed communication skills
- Able to work unsupervised in a range of settings, analysing and making decisions in relation to patient risk and care in complex cases
- Ability to maintain accurate written records/reviewing and monitoring documentation
- Ability to manage/prioritise a caseload, demonstrating skills in appropriate delegation of nursing care/work rotas
- Budget Management
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Corinne Foy
- Job title
- Associate Director of Nursing and Professional Pra
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825027641
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