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* Full time
* Part time
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Job Reference
Job ref: 292-7053892-CORP
Employer
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer Type
NHS
Site
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Harlow
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary Period
Yearly
Closing Date
31/03/2025 23:59
Interview Date
21/04/2025
Employer Heading
NHS AfC: Band 7
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services.
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.
Excellent leadership skills, effective organisational skills, highly developed communication skills and the ability to interact with people from a wide variety of professional backgrounds are essential. As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the care and experience of people with learning disabilities and autistic people within our Trust.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be a specialist clinical resource providing specialist information to patients, families, carers, staff and community partners. You will identify, plan and facilitate initiatives to improve the patient experience and identify training opportunities (through training needs analysis) which will be delivered across the organisation. Key priorities will be to:
1. 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.
2. Manage the interface between acute hospital services, primary care services and community specialist learning disability services.
3. Facilitate reasonable adjustments within an acute setting for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people.
4. Develop effective and collaborative working with healthcare and multi-agency colleagues, including identifying and meeting the training needs and providing specialist advice.
Working for Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services. We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education
Essential Criteria
* Current entry on NMC register – learning disabilities
* Education to degree level or working towards
* Practice assessor/educator experience (or equivalent)
Desirable Criteria
* Educated to master’s level, undertaking masters level course or has a willingness to do so (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential Criteria
* 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
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of leading and managing a team of multi professional staff including management of conflict, absence etc
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
Important Information
* 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.
* All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months.
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks.
* Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn.
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Applicant Requirements
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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