Lead nurse for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishops Stortford, and St Margarets Hospital in Epping. We employ 4,000 people and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire.
Job Overview
A unique and exciting opportunity has become available to join the organisation as the lead nurse for people with learning disability and autistic people. You will be an experienced learning disabilities nurse who will lead our dedicated team in providing care across the organisation. You will be visionary, patient centred and have a deep empathetic understanding of the challenges and the complexities that people with learning disabilities and autistic people face navigating through healthcare and a hospital environment.
You will be responsible for improving the quality of care received by people with a learning disability and autistic people, within our organisation. You will be a role model and clinical expert nursing of people with a learning disability and those on the autism spectrum, across all areas of the Trust, supporting clinical staff in the management of care planning for patients.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver the Trust's strategies to improve the quality of care received by individuals with a learning disability and/or autistic people in the acute hospital setting.
* Manage the interface between acute hospital services, primary care services and community specialist learning disability services.
* Facilitate reasonable adjustments within an acute setting for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people.
* Develop effective and collaborative working with healthcare and multi-agency colleagues, including identifying and meeting the training needs and providing specialist advice.
Minimum Requirements
Education
* Current entry on NMC register learning disabilities
* Education to degree level or working towards
* Practice assessor/educator experience (or equivalent)
Experience
* Significant post registration experience
* Experience of taking charge of a service or department
* Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing learning disabilities in acute areas
* Understanding of the wider NHS and local agendas that have an impact on the learning disabilities
* Proficient knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults procedures and mental capacity Act
What We Can Offer You
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
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