A Vacancy at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.
The Learning Disabilities Health Facilitation Team supports people with Learning Disabilities to access health care within community and acute hospital settings. We have an opportunity for an experienced clinician to join our team for a one year fixed contract. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, proactive and creative with experience or interest in working with people with Learning Disabilities.
We see patients across West Sussex, the successful applicant would be based at Littlehampton Health Centre and cover the Worthing, Adur and Arun GP services.
We work to promote best practice, and ensure the delivery of high-quality care for people with Learning Disabilities. We work closely with the relevant MDTs, including GPs, Consultants, Special Care Dentistry and community services. We advise and support complex best interest decision making, reasonable adjustments and care planning. We deliver a Learning Disability Champion programme, and the successful candidate would be part of the planning and delivery of sessions and support.
We are an inclusive service, and won the SCFT Inclusive Champion award in 2021. We were nominated again in 2022 and continue to seek opportunities to develop our service.
The role of the Health Facilitator will be to improve and facilitate access to care in primary services, through supporting the GP practices and community services with health issues and the needs of people with learning disabilities. The post holder will also cover some work as an acute liaison nurse to allow smooth transition to and from hospital services.
If you are passionate about excellent care, keen to advocate to ensure equitable and inclusive access to health care and are experienced in supporting people with Learning Disabilities, then we’d love to hear from you. Informal contact prior to application or interview is encouraged.
If you would like to make a difference to the experience that people with Learning Disabilities have accessing health care then we would like to hear from you.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
To provide specialist learning disability knowledge, expertise and input to support the work of the access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities, to ensure that people with learning disabilities living in West Sussex can effectively access primary and secondary health care services as required, resulting in improved health outcomes.
To support implementation of the Directed Enhanced Service (DES) Annual Health checks for people with Learning Disabilities, through provision of specialist education and support to Primary Care Staff to ensure that practices are able to meet its requirements and to promote uptake of the DES amongst practices across West Sussex.
To identify training needs for local services and people with learning disabilities and their carers and deliver as appropriate in conjunction with people with learning disabilities.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Eleanor Dunn
Email address
eleanor.dunn2@nhs.net
Telephone number
01403 620438
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025