Community Learning Disability Nurse - Band 5

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wrenthorpe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a nurse to support adults with learning disabilities and co-ordinate care for individuals requiring additional health support. The role focuses on promoting health and reducing inequalities within a specialist team.

You will join a longstanding, committed multidisciplinary team at Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield, delivering care with psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and support workers to improve health outcomes for adults

Responsibilities

• Responsible for a defined caseload working with adults with a learning disability who require support around additional health needs.
• Work proactively and creatively to reduce health inequalities and promote optimum health for service users.

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities and committed to improving their quality of life?, The successful candidate will be responsible for a defined caseload working with adults with a learning disability who require support around additional health needs. They will work proactively and creatively to reduce health inequalities experienced by people who have a learning disability, with a focus on promoting and maintaining optimum health.

We are looking for a nurse with a positive and progressive outlook who aspires to provide and promote the best standard of care and support for service users. Applicants should be confident working on their own initiative with service users who present with a range of complex health and behavioral needs.

We are a supportive and welcoming team who can offer the right candidate an opportunity to expand their skills and knowledge, while making a positive impact on health improvement for people with a learning disability.

You will join an experienced, well-established and committed specialist multi-disciplinary team who are based at Fieldhead Hospital (Wakefield). The Team consists of a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Learning Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist, Speech & Language Therapists, Dietician, Therapy Assistants and Healthcare Support Workers. The Team works together to support individuals aged 18 and over with diagnosed learning disabilities and their families/carers.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients., We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.