Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR1701-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester General Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/01/2025
Employer heading
Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
The Learning Disability and Autism Specialist role is an essential member of our Complex Health service in ESNEFT. This post enables provision of specialist advice, consultation and interventions for people with a learning disability and/or autism (LD&A) who need to access physical health care in Colchester Hospital.
Staff providing care within ESNEFT are required to understand their roles and responsibilities in ensuring that people with LD&A receive accessible services through use of reasonable adjustments and tailored approaches to care.
You will support patients, their families and staff in situations where high levels of complexity increase the challenges that a person with LD&A may experience. They will be required to work collaboratively with individuals to assess needs and plan care alongside the MDT to support optimal outcomes.
You will demonstrate compassionate leadership to empower the workforce to provide high standards of care for this patient group. To enable this they will lead and participate in forums which enable a greater understanding of patient and carer experiences and support projects to enable improvement where this is required.
You will represent ESNEFT in wider system LD&A forums and meetings to ensure that Trust wide practice is in line with local and national policy. They will build relationships with partner organisations to ensure that services for people with LD&A are safe, effective and inclusive of physical health needs and experience.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for working with divisions to identify training needs and support the development and facilitation of training in line with statutory and mandatory requirements. The post holder will undertake governance processes to understand the quality of the service and work alongside the senior lead for safeguarding and complex health to identify areas which require focus and change.
- Direct contact and interventions with patients who have complex health needs in relation to LD&A and support for families, carers and staff to ensure that experience of receiving care is not limited by these needs.
- Expert advice and guidance for clinical colleagues to support and empower them to provide care for people with LD&A using reasonable adjustments and care planned approaches for optimal health outcomes.
- To undertake ongoing analysis of service information and data to contribute to the understanding of the needs of this patient group so as to ensure that care can be delivered safely, effectively and compassionately.
- To ensure that Trust policies and protocols are reflective of national drivers and requirements in relation to care for people with LD&A.
- To support colleagues through provision of educational resources and training.
- To represent ESNEFT in wider LD&A forums as appropriate to role.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people who have LD&A
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development.
- Experience of working with groups and individuals in a variety of roles and settings
- Demonstrated experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking staff performance reviews and planned development of staff
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (LD) or Health or Social Care professional
- Post registration qualification / training in LD&A
- Formal knowledge of LD&A acquired through clinical post-graduate education
Desirable criteria
- Additional nursing qualification.
- Degree/ Masters level qualification relevant to LD&A
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Incorporating and demonstrating competencies including person-centred care, therapeutic skills, sharing knowledge, best practice, and critical reflective practice at enhanced specialist level
- Ability to use a range of therapeutic skills
- Understanding practice and promoting person-centred and relationship-centred care
- Collaborative and multi-agency working
- Facilitator and arbitrator
- Enhanced knowledge of LD&A
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of research methods and methodologies.
- Understanding of competency frameworks
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Tara Brown
- Job title
- Senior Lead - Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
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