Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse (RNLD)

Reporting to: Head of Nursing

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 + £2400 car allowance

Location: Office hours at home then delivering in the community (ideally located in the Birmingham / West Midlands area) must be willing to travel and occasional overnight stays.

Job Purpose: The overall aim of the role is to achieve the highest possible standard of care in a professional manner, through providing direct and indirect care to people we support experiencing mental health problems, behaviours perceived as challenging, and acquired brain injuries. This will also include being part of the assessment process to help people move out of hospital and into their own home.

Essential requirements:

• Minimum 2 years postgraduate experience as RNLD.
• Experience working with people who may present with behaviours perceived as challenging, personality disorder, or mental illness.
• Understanding of Safeguarding processes.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Knowledge and ability to undertake robust holistic assessments as required.
• Ability to support people in crisis and work collaboratively with the MDT to manage this.
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team along with other professions such as OT and psychology, care coordinators, and health commissioners.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (This includes DOLS, CTO AND MOJ).

Main Responsibilities:

• Caseload management of people we support with complex needs.
• Building relationships with people we support to encourage trust, while listening and interpreting their needs and concerns.
• Working within a CPA framework (CTO, MHA, MLA, MOJ).
• Manage your time efficiently including diarising appointments and logistics of getting to and from your appointments.
• Assessments for new business.
• Ensure up-to-date risk assessments and recovery plans / PBS are in place.
• Report writing.
• Liaise with relatives of the person we support.
• Communicate within the wider GHC team ensuring the best level of care for the person and support for the staff.
• Work collaboratively with staff teams to motivate the person we support to ensure they have a full weekly activity plan.
• Use initiative and problem-solving skills to assist with crisis intervention.
• Maintain CPD.
• Access and offer supervisions as appropriate.
• On Call every 6 weeks as per rota.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Current NMC registration and educated to degree level or relevant experience.
• Evidence of updating practice and continued professional development.
• Willing to undertake education / courses relevant to area of practice and service development.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and develop a therapeutic relationship.
• Experience of managing a caseload.
• A range of experience within hospital and community settings.
• Understanding of safe and effective alternatives to hospital care.
• Highly developed risk assessment and management skills.
• Highly developed communication skills.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to engage people we support in their care.
• Ability to present information both written and oral and communicate this effectively to a range of audiences.
• Excellence in report writing and IT skills.

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary.
• Fully paid induction and training.
• Company pension.
• Professional development.
• Westfield Health Plan.
• Blue light card.

About Us: Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities, and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services. At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities – giving them control of their life. We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.