Job summary
This is an exciting new opportunity to lead in the delivery of improved health outcomes for people with a learning disability. The Practitioner will work with system partners, the community sector and people with a learning disability to increase uptake of the national screening programmes. Access to health care is a leading cause of avoidable death in people with a learning disability and this new role offers an opportunity to make enduring change in the lives of people.
Main duties of the job
The overall aim of the service is to increase breast, bowel and cervical screening, AAA and diabetic eye screening uptake in people with learning disabilities. The Dorset-wide service will be provided by a practitioner with knowledge of and experience in supporting the needs of persons with learning disability to access health and care. The post will be hosted by Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust with leadership from the Trust Lead for Health Inequalities (and Consultant in Public Health). In partnership with system stakeholders including voluntary and community sector organisations, the post holder will:
clarify reasons for persons being on hold or ceased from programmes,
enable case finding of persons with learning disability and eligible for screening,
undertake a baseline assessment in order to develop and implement an improvement plan in relation to routine delivery of the five screening pathways, to include for example workforce education and training, development of reasonable adjustment and co-production of resources with lived experience partners.
Robust monitoring and evaluation, and reporting will be agreed.
About us
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of theirlives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a widerange of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost800,000 do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or verygood experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urbanlocations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots ofways you can make a difference in our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testamentto our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe inequal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, whereeveryone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be thebest version of ourselves.Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, andteach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better everyday through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high-quality person-centered approach to care delivery which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity.
Clarify reasons for persons being on hold or ceased from programmes, and enable case finding of persons with learning disability and eligible for screening and learning re barriers to access.
Identifying learnings in relation to the quality and completeness of the Learning Disability registers and prompt review where improvement needed.
Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.
Undertake a scoping review, and develop and implement a plan to increase screening uptake, which reflects any variation across Dorset by PCN;* and inform the development of a sustainable delivery model moving forwards which meets the needs of persons with learning disability and their carers.
Example activities might include: actions to improve completion of screening section in annual health checks, workforce education and training, development and awareness raising of reasonable adjustment pathways (as needed), co-production of resources with lived experience partners.
To support the Dorset Screening programme service following the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) which includes priority commitments to support people with Learning Disability access screening and improving health inequalities.
To work with CTLD MDTs and Primary Care providing support to access the national screening programs for patients with a learning disability.
Full details are provided in the Job Description
Person Specification
Knowledge Skills and Training
Essential
1. Registered practitioner, public health professional or lived experience peer worker to degree/diploma level supplemented by post
2. Registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
Desirable
3. Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
Job Specific Experience
Essential
4. Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level or equivalent if non-NHS background
5. Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and health promotion interventions in area of specialism
6. Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively
Desirable
7. Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice
8. Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
Personal Qualities
Essential
9. Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
10. Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or Cognitive barriers.
11. Experience of planning and organising complex activities, organise own time and that of junior staff and learners, planning off duty rotas and undertaking discharge planning involving co-ordination with other agencies.
12. Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement
Managerial experience
Desirable
13. Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff