Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication

• To ensure effective liaison and communication is undertaken within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Team.
• To be aware of safeguarding procedures and their application to workload.

• To always maintain strict confidentiality and a professional manner.
• To create and maintain positive professional relationships with children, young people, families and other agencies.
• To communicate effectively and participate in clinical meetings.
• To communicate effectively with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• To use a wide range of communication methods e.g. email, telephone face-to-face and written methods.
• To adapt communication methods according to the needs of the client group.
• To be highly organised and able to manage competing deadlines and coordinate work load effectively.

 Analytical skills

• To attend mandatory training, meetings and study sessions as required.
• To regularly review personal skills and training needs and ensure deficiencies are reduced.
• To maintain accurate personal records and to participate in Knowledge Skills Framework and professional development review.
• To actively participate in the Trust KSF and supervision to support data collection associated with audit and service change.

 Planning and organising skills

• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Able to work autonomously.

 Responsibility for patient/client care

• To develop and maintain support for children and families where there is a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism.
• To regularly liaise with internal and external MDTs to provide consultation and plan patient care.
• To develop networks with other professional agencies and to act as a link between the clinic and other agencies.
• To provide advice, support, and training around learning disability and/or autism to departments and teams across the trust to improve care delivery to children and young people.
• To provide face to face support (were appropriate) to the children, young people and family to ensure access to the trust.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in line with Trust policies.
• To work in accordance with safeguarding children and young people policies.
• Co-operate and work effectively with other professionals in the multi-disciplinary team and community services to ensure continuity of care.
• Analyse and respond to situations arising across the trust.
• To identify and develop good practice and reflect upon own care delivery.
• To deliver public health promotion both opportunistically and planned.

 Responsibility for policy/service development

• To attend department meetings and in-service training as required.
• To be involved in the development of the service.
• To be involved in the development and delivery of teaching across the trust.
• To support the development on implementation of new policies and procedures.
• Flexibility in working will be required to meet the needs of this post.
• Monitors and evaluates standards of care
• To share learning with the wider team following contact/care delivery to children, young people and their families.

Responsibility for financial and physical resources

• Be cost effective in the use of resources.
• Work with service leads to identify potential for cost improvements.
• To be responsible for the maintenance of equipment.
• Supports implementation of service by preparation of materials and administrative/resource-based tasks associated with delivery of service.

Responsibility for human resources

• The post holder will be required to manage their own caseload and escalate any concerns.
• To act as deputy in the absence of the Team Leader.
• To participate in the induction and training of new staff and pre-registration students.
• Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trusts Health & Safety arrangements, reporting accidents / incidents to the nurse in charge / team leader, and initiating a full investigation in a timely manner, whilst taking responsibility to complete appropriate documentation
• Accept responsibility for own professional development.

 Responsibility for information resources

• To be able to use a variety of information resources.
• To be involved in the maintenance of databases to support Trust Policy and Procedures e.g. GDPR and IG

Responsibility for research and development

• To ensure that data is collated in an accurate and timely manner to allow resources to be used effectively and inform planning of services.
• To demonstrate evidence-based approach to practice and maintain a high quality to the service.
• To contribute to the evaluation of the service provision to ensure that it is appropriate, accessible and acceptable to all children and their families.
• To identify incidents and accidents both clinical and non-clinical initially and following discussion with line manager to be reported.
• To be involved in children, young people and family’s participation and feedback of service provision.
• Contribute to the accuracy of statistical returns.
• Maintain an awareness of clinical and professional developments in nursing and participate in nursing research to enhance patient care.