Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an experienced RNLD to join the Community Learning Disabilities team in North Warwickshire. You will manage your own caseload, supervise colleagues, assess needs, and provide specialist nursing advice within a community setting.

Role involves improving links with primary care, hospitals and GP surgeries, delivering education, and supporting clients and carers in health planning and 1:1 or group sessions.

Qualifications

• RNLD and current NMC Registration.
• Substantial post-registration experience in learning disability nursing.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability in the community.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specialist assessments for clients, including those with complex needs or behaviours that challenge.
• Develop, implement and evaluate care programmes with caseload responsibility.
• Act as health facilitator for people with learning disabilities and educate clients, carers and providers.

Skills

RNLD

NMC Registration

Communication

Community Nursing

Driver

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RNLD to work as part of a Community Learning Disabilities team in North Warwickshire.

The role involves close collaborative working with multi-disciplinary colleagues in the community setting, managing own caseload, supervising others, completing assessments, raising awareness of the health needs of adults who have a learning disability, identifying unmet health needs and providing specialist nursing advice.

The successful candidate will need to be proactive, self-motivated and have experience of autonomous working, whilst also working under the direction of the community team manager.

The successful candidate will also be able to use current best practice to gain the best outcomes for Clients and their Carers. Will also assist in improving links with primary care services including hospitals / G.P surgeries, provide support, information and education to clients, carers and provider's and also deliver education to people with learning disabilities around health needs both on 1:1 or group basis.

Essential Requirements Include

• Substantial post registration experience as a Band 5/6 nurse working with people with a learning disability
• RNLD and current NMC Registration
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability in the community
• Driver with access to independent means of transport

The post holder is responsible for the specialist assessment of client needs, including those with complex needs and/or behaviours that challenge, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

The post holder will have responsibility for a caseload.

The post holder will also act as a health facilitator for people with a learning disability.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Povey Job title: Warwickshire CLDT/IST Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 024 7631 5867