IST Clinical Nurse Specialist (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Learning Disabilities - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Stevenage, Hertfordshire
The Intensive Support Team (IST) completes nursing assessments and treatment for people with learning disabilities who have behaviours which challenge and mental health needs. IST seeks to provide an alternative, where appropriate, for service users to hospital admission. The key function of the IST nurse is to gatekeep the specialist beds in Dove ward, Kingfisher Court.
The IST nursing team is a function of the Specialist Learning Disability Service (SLDS) in HPFT. SLDS is a multidisciplinary specialist health team for people who have specialist health needs related to learning disabilities.
We have a band 6 secondment for 12 months for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking registered learning disability nurse or registered mental health nurse to join the team. The team is based within the East & North Hertfordshire locality with existing links to other local health and social care services for people with learning disabilities. The post hours are 37.5 hours a week with a flexible shift pattern over 7 days.
Applicants need to be motivated to increase their knowledge and skills in their nursing practice to meet the health needs of people who have specialist health needs related to learning disabilities. Applicants need to have excellent communication skills and leadership skills and be keen to continue to develop their skills in our supportive environment.
As the job covers a vast area in the Community, applicants will be required to travel in their own vehicle to meet with service users and families/carers in their own homes, workplaces, or day centres as appropriate.
Main duties will be to develop care plans according to identified health needs. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own caseload.
Will be a member of the wider Multidisciplinary team within the Specialist Learning Disability Service, so will need to act as a role model and provide nursing advice and expertise to other members of the team.
Good communication with our partner agencies is imperative to ensure that service users' quality of life is maintained or enhanced by our involvement.
Duties include attendance and referrals/professionals meetings. To be able to identify and take part in service developments where appropriate.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
To be a Registered Nurse for people with Learning Disability (RNLD) or Registered Nurse in Mental Health (RMN).
To observe and abide by the NMC The Code: Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and all other NMC professional guidance.
To meet the N.M.C. Revalidation requirements and CPD as a registered nurse.
To work towards the implementation of all national and local policies concerning the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
To assist in providing and maintaining the management structure of the team.
To work as a nurse with a special interest in the promotion of mental health wellbeing & the safe management of challenging behaviour for people with learning disabilities and become proficient in evidence-based positive behavioural support approaches.
To work as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team (M.D.T.) within the LD and Forensics Service.
To support the Clinical Nurse Lead and Community Manager in the development of the nurse team.
To have a role in ensuring the smooth running and co-ordination of the service, and monitoring of service activity.
To work in liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals, in collaboration with other services ensuring a needs-led service.
To be involved with and share the responsibility for identifying and developing opportunities for Service Users with learning disabilities to be key to local and Trust-wide service operation and development.
To work under the direction and supervision of the Clinical Nurse Lead in delivering effective evidence-based practice to adults with Learning Disabilities requiring mental health services.
To promote and maintain good working relationships and effective communications/liaison with carers, team colleagues in HPFT, Hertfordshire Health & Community Service, and external agents.
To carry out health assessments and be competent in reporting back health assessments to the wider MDT. To be supported by the senior nurse team to make recommendations of how to meet those needs, to support the implementation of these recommendations and to monitor, evaluate, and review the input and progress.
To act in a consultative role to external agencies in relations to clinical interventions, risk assessments & management plans.
To maintain appropriate records according to NMC record keeping & HPFT Data Quality policy and guidance.
To support the ongoing development of quality services by actively engaging in team audit and other service initiatives.
To actively participate and encourage others in quality improvement audits and benchmarking.
To work in close liaison with inpatient services.
To ensure that the Nursing Team within the Community Assessment and Treatment Service works within the Mental Health Act (1983), amended (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults frameworks.
Understanding and adhering to local, regional, and national policies/procedures and guidelines, ensuring innovative, evidence-based, and safe practice within the service.
To participate where appropriate in the development and implementation of policies/procedures/standards and guidelines in response to new legislation.
To be responsible for the provision of supervision both formal and informal of band 4 Senior Support Workers, Band 5 Nursing staff, and student nurses in the team.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct, and Equality and Diversity.
* Registered Learning Disability Nurse
* Mentoring/Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training
* Additional areas of training through short courses
* Post Graduation courses
* Membership of professional bodies
* Significant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
* Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
* Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
* Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
* Experience/Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process
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