Community Learning Disability Nurse

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golden Hello / Relocation Incentive

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Learning Disability Nurse to join the Community Learning Disability Team based in Brighton.

You will deliver high-quality assessments and support for people with learning disabilities, working autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team. Travel across Brighton and Hove for home visits is essential, with CPD and development opportunities available.

Qualifications

• This role requires a registered nurse with experience in learning disability care.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Must be able to travel around the city for home visits and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality assessment, support and advice to people with learning disabilities and their carers.
• Manage your diary and caseload across Brighton and Hove with timely home visits.
• Collaborate with social services and multidisciplinary teams; engage in CPD and development.

Skills

Autonomy

Community nursing

Travel flexibility

Job description

This is a B6 role but can be adapted to suit a more newly-qualified nurse at Band 5, preceptorship and appropriate training would be provided as required.
Do you have a passion for supporting people with learning disabilities to maximise their full potential?
Are you interested in a nursing role where you can focus on your own development?
Perhaps you love to work in an autonomous community-based role?
We are seeking a Band 6 Learning Disability Nurse to join our Community Learning Disability Team based in Brighton. As a Learning Disability Nurse in our team you will be a key member of our multi-professional health team, integrated with our Social Services colleagues to support people who have a learning disability, but who also have complex physical and mental health needs including behaviours that challenge.
Our community learning disability team provides specialist community support for adults with a learning disability, their families and carers. Our teams include SaLT, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, physios, psychiatrists and behaviour practitioners.
The post holder will be providing high-quality assessment, support and advice to people with learning disabilities and their carers'. You will provide and/or arrange access to specialist focused health interventions and monitoring as identified in health care and treatment plans, for example; related to complex physical health, epilepsy, challenging behaviour and mental health.
You will be managing your own diary and own case load, working across Brighton and Hove to support our service users in the most efficient and effective way possible. An ability to be able to travel around the city is essential, as you will need to complete home visits and meetings.
Although this is an autonomous role, you will have ample support from our multi-disciplinary team, senior nursing team and our wider Learning Disability Nursing Service across the Trust. Peer support and CPD are at the forefront of how we operate, with your development goals being highly valued and encouraged.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex.

Living And Working In Sussex

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
• Embrace the South Coast with a great range of historic and contemporary seaside towns
• According to the Met Office Sussex is the sunniest county in the UK, making exploring the vast countryside all the more enjoyable.

We offer a variety of staff benefits, incl, pension scheme, generous annual leave, flexible working and a comprehensive employee assistance programme.
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Follett Job title: Community Learning Disability Nurse Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07795302138