IST Learning Disability Nurse

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London is seeking a Registered Nurse to join their Intensive Support Team. This role focuses on providing high-quality nursing services to adults with learning disabilities and autism. Responsibilities include collaborating with health professionals, engaging with service users and families, and promoting health access. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in health promotion.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with learning disabilities.
• Ability to engage with multiple agencies for care delivery.
• Strong skills in risk communication and health needs assessment.

Responsibilities

• Participate actively in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Provide advice and support to individuals and families.
• Communicate complex information effectively to service users.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Health promotion

Education

Registered Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

NELFT would like to introduce the launch of the Intensive Support Team, which aims to support people with a Learning Disability and Autism who require specialist crisis intervention. We believe that individuals who display challenging behaviours, including those with a mental health condition, should have access to the same opportunities to live satisfying and valued lives. The service was developed in response to the best means of supporting our people with a learning disability and autism at a critical time in their journey, offering the least restrictive environment and ensuring that we provide the best response to those users of the service who need specialist support, together with their carers and families.

The post holder will work collaboratively with other LD and mental health care professionals to provide high-quality, comprehensive and dynamic specialist nursing services to maintain and improve the health and well-being of adults with learning disabilities. This will include working directly with service users who have complex healthcare needs, supporting other staff who provide clinical care to people with healthcare needs of lesser complexity, and also engaging in a range of health promotion activities. The candidate will also be required to work with multiple agencies and service providers across NELFT, which will require excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Member of the multi-disciplinary team and active participation in team meetings.
• Work with a wide range of health professionals and other partners and agencies to reduce health inequalities and promote access to mainstream health services.
• Work as partners with individuals and their families, providing advice and support, anticipating health needs, promoting self-care and enabling people to be as independent and involved as possible.
• Represent the service and individual service users at multi-disciplinary meetings, taking a lead role where appropriate and integrating speech and language therapy needs into a service user management plan.
• Communicate often complex information effectively to service users and carers, using alternative methods of communication where appropriate, to maximise treatment potential whilst ensuring an understanding of risks and benefits of assessment and treatment/interventions.
• Provide advice and teaching to service users, their families and carers, health professionals within the team and NELFT, the wider health community, and public, voluntary and private agencies.
• Share information effectively and concisely for a range of situations and contexts to ensure safety and continuity of care.