We currently have opportunities to join the Nursing Bank within HPFT as a RN, particularly looking for BANK staff to work as and when required, often at short notice, at Band 5 level in COLCHESTER, North Essex. If you have previous experience working with Service Users within a Learning Disabilities background, we would like to hear from you. Please apply if you live within easy commuting distance to Colchester.
All roles with the Bank are ad hoc (as and when) and may suit those already working part-time, with other commitments, or who want to work on a short-term basis. We can support Bank staff migration into a permanent role where there are vacancies. HPFT provides support for service users with mental health, learning disability, and children's and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting, particularly within learning disability services.
Please note the post you are applying for is a Band 5 RN Learning Disability role.
PLEASE REFER TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSONAL SPECIFICATION FOR DETAILS OF THE SKILLS REQUIRED BEFORE APPLYING.
Main duties of the job
The Postholder will:
1. Maintain responsibility for a caseload of people with learning disabilities and health needs, providing a holistic approach to service user assessment, treatment, review, and management of packages of care.
2. Ensure that the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are observed.
3. Have the clinical skills relative to the delivery of care in the service.
4. Have effective working relationships with other professionals within the service area, across the Strategic Business Unit, Trust, and other NHS providers.
5. Contribute towards effective management and utilization of resources within the service area.
6. Provide clinical advice for service users who present with challenging mental health needs, promoting and facilitating the positive health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities, including direct work with service users, carers, colleagues, and other service providers.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provides health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Postholder will:
1. Maintain responsibility for a caseload of people with learning disabilities and health needs, providing a holistic approach to service user assessment, treatment, review, and management of packages of care.
2. Ensure that the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are observed.
3. Have the clinical skills relative to the delivery of care in the service.
4. Have effective working relationships with other professionals within the service area, across the Strategic Business Unit, Trust, and other NHS providers.
5. Contribute towards effective management and utilization of resources within the service area.
6. Provide clinical advice for service users who present with challenging mental health needs, promoting and facilitating the positive health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities, including direct work with service users, carers, colleagues, and other service providers.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
1. Relevant Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
1. Knowledge of common physical, mental, and emotional health needs experienced by people with a learning disability.
2. Experience of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care according to assessed need using person-centred approaches.
3. Experience of working with people with learning disabilities or complex health needs.
4. Experience of maintaining high standards of recordkeeping consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
Skills
Essential
1. Organisational and decision-making skills with the ability to work efficiently and effectively within a management structure prioritizing competing demands.
2. Competent IT skills and an ability to adapt to various systems.
3. Skills in recognising and reflecting on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response.
4. Skill and confidence to verbally de-escalate service users who may exhibit violence and aggression.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Essential
1. Physically fit and able to successfully complete a prevention and management of aggression training course, as well as annual refresher training.
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Learning Disabilities Unit, Lexden Hospital, Colchester, Essex
Colchester
CO3 4DB
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