Job summary
- Main area
- Experience working with people with LD&A
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 395-AR113-24
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maggie Lilley Suite, Goodmayes Hospital
- Town
- Ilford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (Plus HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
IST Learning Disability Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Job overview
NELFT would like to introduce the launch of the Intensive Support Team, which aims to support people with a Learning Disability and Autism who requires specialist crisis intervention. We believe that individuals who display challenging behaviours, including those with a mental health condition, should have access to the same opportunities to live satisfying and valued lives.
The service was developed in response to the best means of supporting our people with a learning disability and autism at a critical time in their journey, offering the least restrictive environment and ensuring that we provide the best response to those users of the service who needs specialist support, together with their carers and families.
The post holder will work collaboratively with other LD and mental health care professionals to provide high-quality, comprehensive and dynamic specialist nursing services to maintain and improve the health and well-being of adults with learning disabilities. This will include working directly with service users who have complex healthcare needs, supporting other staff who provide clinical care to people with healthcare needs of lesser complexity, and also engaging in a range of health promotion activities.
The candidate will also be required to work with multiple agencies and service providers across NELFT, which will need excellent communication skills.
Main duties of the job
- Member of the multi-disciplinary team and active participation in team meetings.
• Have a key role in working with a wide range of health professionals and other partners and agencies to reduce health inequalities and promote access to mainstream health services
• Work as partners with individuals and their families, providing advice and support, anticipating health needs, promoting self-care and enabling people to be as independent and involved as possible
• Represent the service and individual service users at multi-disciplinary meetings, taking a lead role where appropriate and integrating speech and language therapy needs into a service user management plan.
• Communicate often complex information effectively to service users and carers, using alternative methods of communication where appropriate, to maximise treatment potential whilst ensuring an understanding of risks and benefits of assessment and treatment/interventions.
• Provide advice and teaching to service users, their families and carers, health professionals within the team and NELFT, the wider health community, and public, voluntary and private agencies.
• Share information effectively and concisely for a range of situations and contexts to ensure safety and continuity of care Leadership.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Professional qualification – RNLD • Evidence of further study at post-graduate level or equivalent experience (particularly around Positive Behaviour Support
Desirable criteria
- • Relevant specialist clinical skills and experience • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities using specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Supervision and mentorship • Demonstrate ethical decision-making • Involvement in clinical governance, audit and evidence-based practice • Able to use reflective practice and clinical supervision to provide high quality and specialist assessments and interventions • Contributed to audit and research • Advanced report writing skills • Information Technology skills in order to provide specialist training • Developing leadership and management skills
Desirable criteria
- • An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of equality and diversity legislation • Understanding the impact of health inequalities, health improvement and health promotion • Evidence of training, teaching and supporting other staff in an MDT or multi agency setting • Positive valuing approach to people with learning disabilities • Able to manage change in a positive manner for self, and support others to do so
- • Ability to work alone and part of a team • Ability to manage own time and caseload • Enhanced communication and excellent interpersonal skills • Proactive learner and motivated towards service development and self-directed
Desirable criteria
- • Child and Adult Safeguarding and protection NHS mandatory training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mariatu Kanu
- Job title
- IST Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03003001719
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