Learning Disability Nurse Associate: Health Action

Humber Youth Action Group; West Carr; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Humber Youth Action Group is recruiting a full-time Band 4 Nursing Associate Practitioner to support the Learning Disability Intensive Support Team. You will work with nurses, care coordinators, psychologists, OTs, and SLTs to plan and deliver physical health interventions for people with learning disabilities.

You will liaise with primary care to ensure reasonable adjustments, document all care in the Trust's electronic records, participate in audits, and attend relevant training.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team (nurses, psychologists, OTs, SLTs).
• Understanding of learning disabilities and health interventions.
• Ability to liaise with primary care and implement reasonable adjustments.

Responsibilities

• To work under the direction of Band 6/5 nurses to implement physical health interventions for service users with learning disabilities.
• To liaise with primary healthcare services to implement reasonable adjustments.
• To demonstrate understanding of learning disabilities and advise colleagues on reasonable adjustments.
• To communicate effectively and attend meetings as part of the LD-IST multidisciplinary team.
• To support auditing and evaluating service effectiveness.
• To document all work using the Trust's electronic record system.
• To attend relevant training to support effective delivery.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Physical health interventions

Learning disabilities awareness

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Humber Youth Action Group is recruiting a full-time Band 4 Nursing Associate Practitioner to support the Learning Disability Intensive Support Team. You will work with nurses, care coordinators, psychologists, OTs, and SLTs to plan and deliver physical health interventions for people with learning disabilities.

You will liaise with primary care to ensure reasonable adjustments, document all care in the Trust's electronic records, participate in audits, and attend relevant training.