Community Learning Disability Nurse — Flexible NHS Role

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave

Bank holidays

NHS pension

Flexible working

Maternity/paternity support

Staff networks

Health and wellbeing

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse to join the South Worcestershire Community Learning Disabilities Team. You will work with an experienced group of nurses, psychologists, OTs, physios, SLTs and psychiatrists to deliver equitable health care for people with learning disabilities.

The role involves managing caseloads, visiting service users regularly and contributing to service developments such as RcPsych QNLD

Responsibilities

• Actively manage an effective caseload, maintaining regular visits for service users.
• Facilitate/teach effective systems to carers to enable the transfer of skills required for the management of service users' healthcare needs.
• Facilitate Health Action Plans for each service user on caseload, to enable access to the full range of community care services available.
• Promote and maintain good working relationships and systems of effective communication through liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals/agencies.
• Maintain accurate and up to date clinical records in line with Trust/NMC standards of practice.
• Record activity to meet the requirements of the Electronic Patient Recording System.
• Attend team, MDT and multi-agency meetings as appropriate.

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse to join the South Worcestershire Community Learning Disabilities Team. You will work with an experienced group of nurses, psychologists, OTs, physios, SLTs and psychiatrists to deliver equitable health care for people with learning disabilities.

The role involves managing caseloads, visiting service users regularly and contributing to service developments such as RcPsych QNLD