Learning Disability and Autism Liaison Nurse in Birmingham

To assist and support the Senior Learning Disability and Autism Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in working collaboratively across the multi-disciplinary team to increase access, reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and autistic people who use services at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH). The Learning Disability Liaison Nurse is responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals with learning disability and/ or autism diagnoses. The role focuses on assessing needs, planning and delivering care, and supporting patients to maintain independence, dignity, and wellbeing. The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and implement personalised care plans, and provide therapeutic and emotional face to face support to patients and their families. They will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated care, promote recovery, and to safeguard vulnerable individuals. To work as part of the Vulnerabilities Team and support the Senior Learning Disability and Autism CNS.

The responsibilities:

• To be a highly competent and knowledgeable practitioner within the learning disability speciality and provide specialist learning disability and autism knowledge to support patients to reduce health inequalities.
• To actively promote the Learning Disability Nurse role to service users, families and carers and other professionals.
• To work with children, young people and adults who are diagnosed with learning disabilities, profound and multiple learning disabilities and/ or autism, their parents, and carers to develop reasonable adjustment plans for outpatient services ensuring the provision of safe, high-quality services.
• To work as part of a MDT under the supervision of the Senior Learning Disability and Autism CNS to assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive care plans pre-operatively, during admission and post-operatively ensuring a safe and effective discharge using a patient-centred approach.
• Be an advocate for patients within the Trust under the Learning Disability and Autism service.
• To engage all complex cases to the Senior Learning Disability and Autism CNS for oversight.
• To provide face to face support and advice ensuring reasonable adjustments are in place to support the patient’s needs.
• To ensure the hospital passports are used and available across the Trust.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.