Senior Practitioner - Community

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Learning Disability Nurse (Band 6). You will manage a diverse case load, delivering high-quality care to adults with learning disabilities. Your work will significantly impact the lives of individuals and their families in a supportive and rewarding environment. Benefit from extensive induction programs and development opportunities in a team dedicated to compassionate care.

Benefits

Excellent induction programme

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a defined case load of adult service users with learning disabilities.
• Understanding of complex health needs and behaviours of concern.
• Ability to work collaboratively with families and advocates.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined case load of adult service users with learning disabilities.
• Promote high-quality service and health equality.
• Supervise band 5 nurses and students.

Skills

sharing knowledge

positive behaviour support

case management

teamwork

Education

Nursing Degree

Job description

Are you an experienced and motivated Learning Disability Nurse?

Are you looking for a new challenge with rewarding prospects and opportunities?

We have a full-time, fixed term vacancy for 12 months, for a band 6 Learning Disability Nurse (Senior Practitioner,) within the Wirral Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT).

The CLDT is an established and progressive team comprising of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Psychiatry.

You will be expected to work autonomously, managing a defined case load of adult service users with learning disabilities, complex health needs, neurodevelopmental difficulties and / or behaviours of concern.

Your enthusiasm for providing a high-quality service and addressing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities will be matched by your ability to work collaboratively with not only the adults we support, but also their advocates/families and other identified stakeholders.

An excellent understanding of the issues adults with learning disabilities may experience is essential for this post as is a good understanding of Positive Behaviour Support, Mental Health, Positive Risk Assessment and Case Management.

In addition to dveloped clinical skills, the successful applicants will be able to demonstrate skills in sharing knowledge through training and consultation and be able to modify and evaluate practice in line with clinical and service needs in addition to supervision of band 5 nurses, CSW and student nurses.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hazel Naylor Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0151 488 8043

If you consider yourself to be Neurodivergent and need assistance to complete your application, please contact the Recruitment Team by email at cwp.recruitment.net or telephone [phone].