Main area Senior Community Learning Disability Nurse Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (12 months Fixed Term) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week Job ref 199-6933664-RB-SC
Employer Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Bernard Weatherill House Town Croydon Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/2025 23:59
Community Learning Disability Nurses
Band 6
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where every one of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities living in Croydon and promote the best outcomes possible? We are looking for a passionate Community Learning Disability Nurse ready to take their knowledge and skills to the next level, as an exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time permanent position in the Croydon Community Learning Disabilities Team.
The successful candidate will have a strong skillset working with people with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, complex physical health and mental health issues.
The successful applicant will join a highly valued nursing service as part of the multidisciplinary team for adults with intellectual disabilities, based in the heart of Croydon.
The CLDT comprises Learning Disability Nurses, Psychologists, Speech & Language Therapists, a Dietitian and Physiotherapists. The service is located in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council Headquarters, and has strong working relationships with key partner agencies including Croydon Adult Social Care and Croydon Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (South London & the Maudsley).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a Community Learning Disability Nursing service to adults with learning disabilities who live in the Croydon area. The post holder will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary Community Learning Disability health team to identify and address health inequalities for PWLD who live either independently or with families/carers.
Working for our organisation
To work in accordance with the Trust’s “Here for You” standards to consistently demonstrate the behaviours required to fulfil the promises we have made to the people of Croydon. These promises, developed with our patients, carers and staff help us deliver the pledges in the NHS Constitution and our own corporate objectives.
The postholder is required to carry out his/her role in accordance with the organisation “here for you” promises, standards and behaviours, ensuring that colleagues and the people we serve feel cared for, feel in safe hands, feel confident in their treatment, feel we value their time, and feel that our service continues to improve all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To undertake comprehensive specialist nursing assessments that take into account the nature of a person’s learning disability and its implication for care.
* To develop written and accessible Health Action Plans (HAPS) based on the information gathered from comprehensive health assessments, ensuring that these plans are recorded fully for each client and identified health needs addressed.
* To assess, advise and contribute to meeting the complex needs of people with mental health issues in addition to their learning disability by liaising and working collaboratively with specialist mental health services.
* To support people who are referred to the team for engaging in behaviours that challenge (e.g. physical aggression to others, self-injurious behaviours etc.); this will involve assessment of presenting behaviours, and developing formulations and comprehensive written Positive Behaviour Support Plans in line with NICE Guidance. (Additional qualification in PBS accreditation may be sourced)
* To support the team’s acute liaison nurse in the provision of services to people with a learning disability admitted to Croydon University Hospital.
* To participate in Learning Disability Awareness training as part of the CLDT commitment to Croydon Health Services (CHS) staff to deliver generic and bespoke training sessions.
* To work with the community learning disability nursing team to meet the team’s post-hospital discharge pathway target.
* To work jointly with colleagues in other disciplines (e.g. psychology) to carry out dementia assessments and autism assessment through the relevant team pathways. (Additional training including ADOS may be sourced)
* To contribute to multi-disciplinary planning and clinical meetings to coordinate care for people with a learning disability referred to the team.
* To promote well-being through activities, group work and training including women’s and men’s groups, healthy eating and lifestyle training and workshops.
* To retain legible, professional records, both written and electronically in the agreed format, and to maintain confidentiality, taking into account report writing standards and record keeping policy.
* To be professionally accountable for the effective and efficient management of one’s caseload taking into account the need to combine own responsibilities and those of the team and adhering to professional codes of conduct reviewed at monthly clinical supervisions.
* To undertake mentoring and supervision of Student Learning Disability nurses in line with NMC guidance.
Person specification
* RNLD and current UK NMC registration
* Knowledge of current health and social care issues relevant to work with people with learning disabilities.
* Relevant experience of working in a community setting.
* Experience of working with people with learning disabilities with complex physical health needs
* Experience of working with people with learning disabilities who engage in behaviours that challenge.
* Good organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
* Ability to produce written reports of clinical work
* Recognised qualification in positive behaviour support.
* Evidence of post qualification training /experience up to degree level in a relevant field
* Experience of MDT working with people with suspected dementia.
* Experience of MDT working with people with suspected autism.
* Knowledge of legislative and policy framework for people with learning disabilities.
* Experience of working with people with a learning disability who are inpatients in an acute hospital.
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