Community Learning Disability Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking a qualified RNLD or RMNH to manage a caseload of adults with complex physical health needs in Sidcup. The role involves providing evidence-based nursing care and facilitating health education while supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community nursing and experience in multidisciplinary teams. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Sufficient post-registration experience working with people with a learning disability.
• Direct experience of facilitating group work.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary/multi-agency team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adults with complex physical health needs.
• Provide health promotion education in clinic and group settings.
• Support and supervise junior staff and students.

Skills

Clinical skills

Supervisory skills

Computer literacy

Education

Qualified RNLD or RMNH

BSc Community nursing Specialist qualifications

Job description

• The post holder will work in the Bexley CTLD Complex Physical Health (CPH) of Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.
• The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues.
• They will provide holistic, high calibre, evidence based, skilled nursing care, assessments, and interventions.
• The post holder will be expected to facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work, with clients and carers as needed.
• The post holder will support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them.
• The post holder will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services.
• The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
• The post holder will have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and multi-cultural communities.

Main duties of the job

Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.

Utilises a range of specialist assessments to identify health needs for service users.

Builds on skills in assessing, implementing and critically evaluating intervention outcomes to maintain and improve the physical well-being of service users

Provides and delegates, where appropriate, care delivery to ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.

Advise and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.

Assesses and manages clinical risk for service users with complex physical health needs.

• Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in 'Valuing People' (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and willingness to implement NHS health care policies (e.g. NHS Long Term Plan), continuously working within the national policy agenda.
• Develops an understanding of local complex physical healthcare pathways and the clinical patient information & recording system (RIO).

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work within the Bexley Community Learning Disability nursing team based at Queen Mary's Hospital with a skilled and experienced nursing team.

They will support in meeting the physical health needs of adults with learning disabilities and complex physical health needs within the borough of Bexley. They will work collaboratively with the MDT within the service, as well as key stakeholders within the borough.

The post holder will support in assessing and reviewing the physical health of adults with a learning disability, using clinical skills and appropriate evidence based assessment tools to aid in identifying their needs and how these can be met to maintain and improve their physical health and wellbeing.

The post holder will also take part in health promotion with individuals both in clinic and group settings to provide education around various health needs and long term conditions.

The post holder will provide supervision to junior members of staff as well as students that are placed within the workplace to enhance their learning experience. They will also be provided with regular supervision by their line manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified RNLD or RMNH
• BSc Community nursing Specialist qualifications relative to the role being applied for

Experience

• Sufficient post registration experience working with people with a learning disability.
• Direct experience of facilitating group work Experience of supervising junior staff and Students
• Sufficient post registration experience working with people with a learning disability.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary/multi agency team.

Skills / Ability and Knowledge

• Demonstrate clinical skills appropriate to the requirements of the role
• Demonstrate computer literacy skills and ability to use computer systems according to the requirement of the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.