Job summary
- Main area
- Registered Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-8801
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midshires Business Park, Smearton Close, Buckinghamshire, HP19 8HL
- Town
- Buckinghamshire
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Learning Disabilities Community Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Would you like to join an innovative service committed to delivering the best possible care for our service-users? HPFT’s Specialist Learning Disability Services are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate, and experienced Senior Community learning disabilities nurse to work across Buckinghamshire leading the work of the nursing team.
The diverse and multi-disciplinary Specialist Learning Disability Services provide specialist care to adults with Learning Disabilities whose needs cannot be met by mainstream services alone. The successful candidate will be based at our Hub at Midshires Business Park in Aylesbury or Anglo Office Park in High Wycombe on personal choice.
Main duties of the job
As our new Senior Community learning disabilities nurse , you will be welcomed into a safe and supportive staff team, who empower and encourage one another in being the best version of ourselves for the benefit of those we care for.
This opportunity is perfect for someone seeking a new challenge in a dynamic and rewarding environment where no two days are the same. Under the direction of the Team Leader, you will provide comprehensive professional and effective leadership, as well as clinical advice and expertise. Working hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
We are seeking applications from Nurses who have positive attitudes, values and beliefs about working with people with an LD who are experiencing mental health problems, Positive behaviour support plans and who want to make a real difference to the service.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care 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:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In your new role you will:
- Be responsible for supporting service users with a learning disability and health need in the community.
- Carry out assessment of individual needs, make recommendations of how to meet those needs, support the implementation of these recommendations and monitor, evaluate and review the input
- Work in close liaison with Team Manager, Nurse Team Leader, and Clinical Leads in delivering effective evidence-based practice to adults with Learning Disabilities requiring mental health services
- Take a lead in and share the responsibility for identifying and developing opportunities for Service Users with learning disabilities to be enabled to comment on local and Trust wide service operational and development.
For more detailed information on the position, please access the Job Description and Person Specification documents provided.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- RNLD / RNMH
- ENB 997/998( Mentoring & Preceptorship) or equivalent
- Post graduate qualification
- Experience of working with adults with a learning disability & their carers in the community
Desirable criteria
- RMN
- NVQ Level D32/33 (Assessors qualification)
- ECDL, Minimum modules 2 and 7( or a willingness to undertake)
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of health related practice, policy and legal requirements e.g. Valuing People, National Service Framework for Mental Health, Green Light Tool Kit, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Act 2005, Care Programme Approach, Practice Governance
- Experience in management of junior staff and ensuring service priorities are met
- Proven skills in clinical and managerial supervision
- Experience & skills in management of stressful situations ensuring recognition and support to staff and service users
- Knowledge of change management
- To have knowledge, experience and continuing demonstrable interest in learning disability nurse development
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Audit as a part of performance review and improving clinical practice
- Advanced knowledge & skills in Risk Assessment & Risk Management
- Ability to lead on Nursing Assessment’s, Devise, Implement and Evaluate Care Plans
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Possess excellent communication skills * in a variety of mediums, i.e. spoken, written & electronic
- Highly developed skills in use of non-verbal communication
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Experience of decision making in a crisis
- Knowledge & skills of non adverse risk assessment & management planning
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
- Sherry Forchione
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296387520
- Additional information
Please contact Sherry Forchione ([email protected]) in order to arrange a visit to see for yourself the unique opportunity we have to offer, or for any questions you may have about the role..
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