Learning Disabilities Health Facilitation Nurse
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We have a vacancy for a part-time Band 6 learning disability nurse in our health facilitation team, the main function of which is to work closely with adults with learning disabilities to ensure they get their health needs met. If you are an enthusiastic and motivated learning disabilities nurse, keen to work as part of a much wider MDT, we would love to hear from you. The work is varied and can take place in different settings, depending on what works best for the person involved. We support people with a variety of health issues, including physical health and access to primary or secondary care, emotional wellbeing, or mental health concerns.
There is an expectation that you can work independently to support the person with learning disabilities to get their health needs met. However, you will often also be liaising closely with other health colleagues, both within our MDT or from primary or secondary care, social care staff, education, paid providers, as well as with family carers, so excellent communication skills are required.
This role will be based in the health facilitation team, working from the main office at Waddiloves in Bradford, but you will need to be able to travel and do home visits across the whole of the Bradford district.
The post holder will work collaboratively with people with learning disabilities, their carers, professionals, and agencies to provide a high-quality, comprehensive service to assess and plan health care, with the central aim of maintaining and improving the health and wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities. This will include but is not limited to, working directly with service users who have complex healthcare needs, care coordination, supporting others to act as Health Facilitators, supporting health providers to make reasonable adjustments to care pathways, and engaging in a range of health promotion activities.
The role is advertised for learning disability nurses; however, we would be open to interviewing nurses from other settings including adult, child, or mental health if they have skills and experience relevant to the role.
We would also be willing to consider Band 5 nurses who may feel they don't currently have the skills or experiences to be a Band 6 but would be willing to take on a development role to work towards this.
Closing Date: 7th March 2025
Shortlisting Date: W/C 8th March 2025
Interview Date: TBC
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
1. We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
2. We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
3. We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
Benefits:
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
1. Increased mileage rates for > 3500.
2. A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
3. A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
4. Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicky Donnelly Job title: Strategic Health Facilitator Email address: victoria.donnelly@bdct.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01274 497121.
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