We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and forward thinking Learning Disability Nurse / Mental Health Nurse to join the Intensive Support Team (IST). 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 disability. This is a full time, 37.5 hours a week, permanent position, flexible over 7 days., As the job covers a vast area in the Community applicants will required to be able to travel in their own vehicle to visit individuals in their own homes, work place or day centres as appropriate.
Main duties will be to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care packages for individuals in our care and 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 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 quality improvement programmes where appropriate. To administer depot injections and be involved in replenishing medication stock as needed.
·, To be a Registered Nurse for people Learning Disability.(RNLD) or Register 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 evidenced 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, 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 the Quality and Risk forum.
· 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 Safe guarding 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., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Applicants must be a Learning Disability or Mental Health registered Nurse. They must have an awareness of the health needs of this service user group, have excellent communication and leadership skills, be keen to extend their skills in a supportive environment, and be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team. Applicants must possess proven skills in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people with learning disability and mental health needs.
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., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.