Senior Learning Disability Community Nurse - East Suffolk
Band 6
Main area: Learning Disability Nurse
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 246-ESU7007859
Site: Mariner House
Town: Ipswich
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We’re proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. If you value working positively, respectfully and together, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
Are you looking for a fulfilling and varied role? Do you want to develop your career in community learning disability nursing?
A rare and exciting opportunity for a Senior Community Nurse has arisen within our East Suffolk Community team for adults with learning disabilities and autism.
As a team, we continually strive to develop the services we offer, to ensure they’re high quality and evidence based. To support our aims, we are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary service. You’ll be joining an innovative team of nurses, working collaboratively with multiple agencies and professional clinicians.
Our service covers the geographical area of East Suffolk, and you’ll be responsible for managing a caseload from our base in Ipswich.
Main duties of the job
If you’re able to think and work creatively with individuals and their carers, we want to hear from you!
The ideal candidate should possess excellent and varied communication skills, enjoy working as part of a team, and work closely with colleagues from a range of disciplines. You will be able to work independently, carry out comprehensive assessments and plan, implement and evaluate delivery of nursing interventions as part of the holistic approach.
You will also be able to demonstrate that you can apply your nursing skills to a wide range of situations, as you’ll be working with a range of adults with a learning disability living within the community.
We have a culture of continued learning, working as a close LD specialist pathway with each team having monthly protected days which includes a variety of training, reflection, supervision and service development.
We place an emphasis on the importance of clinical supervision and continued professional development; we offer a variety of opportunities in a supportive, friendly and stimulating working environment. We’ll support and encourage you to develop specialist experience and expertise as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programme
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All applicants will either be registered on Part 5 or 14 of the NMC Register.
Please note, you must have a full and valid driving licence due to the community element of the role and the large geographical area that the East Suffolk Community Team cover. The team is based in Ipswich and there will be an expectation of travel.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent
Experience
* Previous experience in learning disability
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Previous community experience
Skills
* Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
* Ability to identify and action change in health care need
* Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Knowledge
* Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
* Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act
* Knowledge of mental health needs for older people
* Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons’ health care
Other
* Be able and willing to undertake further training/development specific to the role
* Able to travel independently
* Ability to transport patients as appropriate
* Able to liaise with statutory/non-statutory bodies due to patients’ needs.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
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