Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join the Learning Disability Liaison Nurse Team in Oxford. If you are passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities access healthcare and aspire to provide person centred care in an acute hospital setting, we invite you to apply for this role.
You will have the opportunity to work in an experienced and skilled team, delivering high quality patient care across emergency departments, inpatient and out-patient settings within the John Radcliffe Hospital, Horton General Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Churchill Hospital.
Alongside the clinical element of the role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and experience in delivering training, audits, quality improvement projects and policy and pathway development.
Main duties of the job
The liaison nurse ensures that the needs of the person with a learning disability are met when they require care from the Trust’s clinical services, to facilitate access to the various wards and departments and good communication between people with learning disabilities, their families/carers and Trust clinical teams.
* Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by evidence based practice and OUH values.
* Work proactively and with a person-centred approach, to ensure the needs of a person with learning disabilities are identified and met.
* Work collaboratively with carers, family and support staff and ensure care is coordinated across agencies.
* Provide specialist nursing care for the team’s caseload of patients.
* Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Contribute to the development of services.
* Demonstrate, develop and maintain specialist knowledge of learning disability nursing practice in order to act as a clinical expert and professional resource.
* Undertake the responsibilities associated with being a mentor and preceptor reflecting the beliefs about professional nursing practice and patient care.
* Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disability
* Worked in an acute health care setting
* Supported families and social care
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
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