Main area: Nursing and Midwifery
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9 - 5pm)
Job ref: 820-7068303-LD
Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Greenfields, Kings Norton/Birmingham
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59
Band 5 Community Forensic Nurse
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Birmingham Community Forensic Team permanently. Our multi-disciplinary team works with individuals who have a learning disability and have committed a serious criminal offence or are at significant risk of doing so.
You will be a Nurse with experience within Learning Disabilities and hold a registration in Learning Disability Nursing / Mental Health Nursing.
Main duties of the job
To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities who have committed or are at risk of committing serious offences.
The post holder will have forensic clinical experience as well as knowledge and experience of conducting forensic risk assessments and developing and implementing risk reduction interventions. The post holder will be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and have a passion for person-centred care and integrated team working.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Supervision of Health Care Assistants in the community/forensic team.
* Participate in training of student nurses and other staff.
* Delivery of education/information and training to patients, carers, members of multi-disciplinary teams, and others according to their requirements and within professional expertise.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD) or RN in Mental Health
* Further evidence of post-registration training
Experience
* Relevant experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams.
* Experience of working with people with a learning disability.
* Relevant experience of working with other agencies.
* Experience of working within forensic inpatient and/or community settings.
* Evidence of mentorship qualification.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to be assertive.
* Ability to communicate effectively.
* Ability to have a positive attitude.
* Ability to be sensitive to people's needs.
* Ability to work alone.
* Ability to be a good listener.
* Ability to use own initiative and deal calmly with difficult situations or individuals.
Skills/Knowledge
* Knowledge of risk assessment process.
* Knowledge of diversity.
* Knowledge of relevant Acts that relate to people with learning disabilities.
* Competent in communicating.
* Competent in written and verbal skills.
* Knowledge of relevant legal frameworks that offenders may be subject to.
Other job requirements
* Independently mobile to travel across the City and to Trust’s sites.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, or has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC is an advocate of diversity and strives to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC is striving to redress these imbalances. The Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview.
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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