Band 6 Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities (12 months Maternity Cover)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Community Learning Disability Nurse to work in the Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP).
This is a fixed-term contract for a duration of one year to cover maternity leave. We welcome applications from motivated and experienced Band 5 learning disability nurses seeking career progression into a Band 6 role, as well as those looking to gain valuable experience in a community setting.
ILDP is a forward-thinking, fully integrated health and social care community team whose dedicated staff and service providers were awarded the Camden & Islington Team of the Year (2021). We are a well-resourced service and are passionate about delivering high-quality support to adults with global learning disabilities and their networks. We are a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy, and physiotherapy, and we pride ourselves on our high levels of collaboration, working alongside social work and the Community Support Outreach teams.
Our MDT has a reputation for being friendly, inclusive, and sociable. We are located in Islington beside the Arsenal and enjoy the benefits of our own building with many of our day provisions and residential services being a short walk away.
Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, continuing care, rehabilitation, and enablement of people with learning disabilities, who may also have physical and/or mental health challenges. The service is wholly committed to the use of Person-Centred approaches, enabling service users to maximise their potential.
The post holder will:
1. Be a member of ILDP multi-disciplinary integrated health and social care team.
2. Participate in new initiatives to improve the nursing and wider service, such as quality improvement projects.
3. Be accountable for a caseload comprising of people with learning disabilities, who may have complex physical and/or mental health needs.
4. Act as a Care Coordinator.
5. Incorporate health promotion, facilitation, teaching, and service development into your role.
6. Be aware of previous initiatives and policies that are now embedded into RNLD practice; such as the LeDeR programme and STOMP, etc.
7. Complete continuing health care assessments and reviews, as part of the wider MDT.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement, and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
To be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population by carrying responsibility for the assessment of care needs; the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care; setting standards of care; and liaison with other agencies, particularly in relation to:
1. Close working with other services aiming to reduce health inequalities and improve access to mainstream mental health, acute care, and primary care services.
2. Providing an effective ‘in-reach’ service to people with learning disabilities who have been admitted to mental health and forensic wards, thereby facilitating effective and timely discharge.
3. The provision of early intervention aimed at promoting and maintaining the physical and mental health of individuals and their families or carers.
4. To work as a member of the multi-professional team, to attend regular team meetings, supervision forums, participate constructively in team processes, and contribute positively to overall service developments.
5. To receive referrals as an autonomous practitioner for service users who experience health care difficulties, prioritising workload to meet service priorities and respond to changing needs.
6. To contribute to a nursing assessment within the multi-disciplinary team by providing a nursing perspective and expertise, specialist knowledge, experience, and skills.
This is not an exhaustive list; please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Apr 2025.
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