Learning Disabilities Community Nurse - Carrswood Cleeve Court Twerton Bath

We’re looking for a Band 5 Learning Disabilities Community Nurse to join our Specialist Learning Disabilities Complex Health Needs Service. The Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity division provides a range of services for adults with Learning Disabilities and or Autism in Bath and Northeast Somerset (B&NES), Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW). We believe strongly that our services should be person centred and enable the people we work with to have choice and control in their lives and reach their potential as individuals and members of their community.

The Learning Disabilities Service is a multidisciplinary health service providing assessment, advice, therapeutic intervention and support to eligible adults and through transitions to the adult service. As a Learning Disabilities Community Nurse you will join a team of Community Nurses and Clinical Specialists who work within a multi-disciplinary framework to deliver complex health needs assessment and intervention; health facilitation for people with learning disabilities with accompanying challenging behaviours, mental health and profound physical/sensory disabilities across health and social care communities. This role is an exciting opportunity to gain experience within an innovative and creative Learning Disability Service.

The role is varied and will include collaborative working with colleagues across BSW and within primary and secondary care. The post is Band 5 AfC. (37.5 hours) AFC Band 5 £29,970 – £36,483 37.5 hours / week 1.0 WTE Preceptorship opportunity through the Learning Enterprise.

Main Responsibility

This role will be working alongside health and social care professionals in the team, in the area of dementia; epilepsy; behaviour management; and associated complex physical and mental health (including hospital admission and discharge); and Continuing Health Care. Lead on Hospital Passports. You are expected to liaise and work collaboratively with the wider MDT and colleagues in primary, secondary and tertiary care. You will have an opportunity to be involved in eligibility assessments with more experienced colleagues. Promote individual’s health and well-being, and monitoring their health outcomes through effective review of the person’s care plan that has been developed with them/or their carers. Work as partners with individuals and families, providing advice and support, assessing and anticipating their healthcare needs, promoting self-care, and enabling people to be as independent and involved as possible. Liaise with and support a wide range of health professionals and other partners, public, private and third-sectors agencies, to promote access to mainstream health services and reduce health inequalities. To adhere to Professional Code of Conduct from Nursing and Midwifery Council and HCRG relevant policies. Have an understanding of safe and effective medication practice and where appropriate, support medication management, monitor the implementation of medication practices in line with HCRG Care Group Medication Management Policy and NMC competencies. You will be responsible for liaising with all agencies involved with people's care to ensure clear and transparent channels of communication.

Hold and manage a caseload and carry out a broad range of health-related activities with complex needs. This may include supporting people to manage their health, accompanying to appointments and providing education around healthy lifestyles in liaison with other services e.g. diabetes; obesity; sexual health. You may work alongside other health care professionals and social care colleagues to review behavioural support plans; epilepsy reviews (under the guidance of the lead professional), respond to changes in needs, support families and care teams and monitor medication. Support with training provision e.g. dementia, bowel management, relationships. You will be responsible for feeding back your observations, formulations and treatment ideas to the appropriate health care professionals. Referrals are screened, allocated and monitored by the service manager. Attendance is required at referrals for MDT discussion. These are monitored through LAS electronic records and reported to commissioners. You will receive regular supervision from the clinical specialist/senior nurse in the Learning Disability Service and line managed by the service manager. You will be involved in the LD nurses peer supervision and the LD nurses’ forum across BSW. You will be expected to participate in an annual appraisal as well as sourcing appropriate CPD opportunities for this role. Contribute to learning disability pathways including eligibility; dementia; mental health; transitions and end of life. Carry out work related to Safeguarding as allocated and will be required to attend multi-agency meetings. Contribute to the collection of data reporting to NHS England for Local Commissioners and senior managers. Take responsibility for ensuring care plans are developed, maintained and reviewed. Contribute to clinical audit, data collection and reporting for NHS England and local commissioners/senior manager.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• A Nursing qualification recognised by NMC.
• Current registration.
• Experience and knowledge of learning disabilities and or autism.
• Knowledge of current legislation and related policies.
• Excellent communication and literacy skills.
• Experience of working in community setting and MDT.
• Motivation.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Knowledge of MCA.

Desirable

• Excellent skills in accessible information.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to evaluate and reflect on practice.
• Experience of Safeguarding.
• Experience of epilepsy; challenging behaviours; CHC.

Other Requirements:

Driving licence and own car as post is community based covering remote and rural locations. The role is full time 37.5 hours per week Mon – Fri 9.00 am – 5.00 pm.

For more information please contact Tracy Rose at.

Package Description

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Community Nurse within our Learning Disabilities Complex Health Needs Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC salary and terms and conditions – including an NHS pension.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.
• Free parking.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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