Primary Care Liaison Nurse

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Farndon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for an Intellectual Disability Nurse to support community health needs. The role involves facilitating access to health services, advocating for patients, and delivering training to healthcare colleagues. A passion for improving life chances for individuals with intellectual disabilities is essential. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Employee-led staff networks

In-house occupational health services

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities.
• Ability to facilitate access to primary health care services.

Responsibilities

• Work with individuals to facilitate access to primary health care services.
• Liaise with health professionals within multi-agency teams.
• Deliver training around health checks to primary care colleagues.
• Support national screening programmes for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Skills

Passionate about supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities

Ability to advocate for service users

Training delivery skills

Education

Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities (RNLD)

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an Intellectual disability nurse to our Primary care liaison Team.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic RNLD who is passionate about supporting reasonable adjustments for patients with intellectual disabilities in the community.

We welcome applicants who are interested in supporting people with intellectual disability to enable them to have their physical health needs met within a primary care setting.

We support practices to keep a learning disability register and promote the health needs of the population.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about enabling our patients to access generic health screening and break down barriers in order to achieve this.

If you feel that this is you then we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities include:

• Work with individuals to facilitate their access to primary health care services and liaise with other health professionals within multi-agency teams to advocate for service users.
• Work with local GP Practices to help identify patients who are eligible for an annual health check and are flagged and encouraged to have an annual health check.
• Deliver training around the Enhanced Service around health checks to primary care colleagues.
• Work with the national screening programmes to support them to meet the needs of the local intellectual disability population around breaking down barriers to support access to screening.

The post holder will be committed to improving the life chances of people with intellectual disabilities.

About Us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

Marie McGahey, Primary Care Liaison Team Leader, [e-mail], 07580847034, or [e-mail], [e-mail], or ring the office on 0115 8760138, or [e-mail]