Are you passionate about making a difference for individuals with learning disabilities and autism?
We have a brand new role for a Learning Disabilities and Autism Lead Nurse to join our growing Safeguarding team and shape the future of our service at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC).
This is your chance to be a visible and impactful leader across both Birmingham Women's Hospital (BWH) and Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH). As the Lead Nurse for Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA), you'll bring your expertise and innovative ideas to drive forward the LDA strategy, supporting our multidisciplinary teams in delivering exceptional, inclusive care for our patients with learning disabilities and/or autism. Our team are passionate about working towards accreditations in the future.
To provide professional nursing leadership through a strong visible clinical presence within the Learning Disabilities Liaison team and across BWC, to enhance midwifery and nursing practice and the provision of a safe effective and high-quality care environment for children, young people and their family and carers.
You will have a passion for leading and influencing continuous improvement methodologies to enhance our approach to supporting learning disabilities and autistic patients.
Main duties of the job
This role will work collaboratively with senior management, including the Associate Director for Safeguarding and Learning Disabilities and Heads of Nursing & Midwifery for inpatient and community services across our hospitals.
As Lead Nurse you will engage with colleagues across the Trust and key external partners e.g. primary care, local authorities, and community agencies to build a comprehensive support network for patients and their families.
What You'll Bring:
- A qualified nurse with current clinical and leadership experience of working with patients with learning disabilities and autism.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support and empower the nurses in the LDA team, ensuring a compassionate, safe and inclusive environment for our patients.
- An evidence-based approach to delivering high quality care, with expert skills in supporting and advocating for individuals with learning disabilities and autism.
- Experience of driving change and shaping service improvements.
Join us in this impactful role and make a lasting difference in the lives of our patients and families.
Provisional interview date: Thursday 28th November.
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please get in touch with Jo Mardell (Associate Director of Safeguarding) - j.mardell@nhs.net
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children, and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care and more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse
* Current NMC Registration
* Post registration course relevant to the Care of Patients with a Learning Disability and/or Autism
* Educated to Degree Level
Desirable
* Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
* Clinical leadership Course e.g., ILM
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
* Extensive knowledge and current clinical experience of the care of Patients with a Learning Disability and/or Autism
* Evidence of leadership experience
* Evidence of on-going and current professional development
* Evidence of managing staff and dealing with difficult situations
* Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
* Experience of implementing a change in practice
* Evidence of audit or research projects
Desirable
* Experience of managing complaints and investigations
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
* Excellent communication skills - oral, written and telephone and ability to engage in complex communication situations where information may be highly sensitive, including having difficult conversations with patients, families, and staff
* Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of autonomy
* Proven ability to prioritise demanding workload and that of others and well organised and able to work in a challenging and busy environment
* Able to apply judgement to complex set of facts or situations relevant to specialty which require analysis, interpretation and comparison data and recommendations.
* Flexible to meet service needs
* Proactive, self-motivated with an ability to motivate others
Desirable
* Ability to plan strategically and clinically influence and advise clinicians and senior manager within the Trust and external bodies/organisations
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
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