Lead nurse for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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Job ref: 292-7053892-CORP
Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 21/04/2025
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 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 in 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.
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 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.
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 masters 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 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. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.
* 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. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
* 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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