LDA Outreach Practitioner - Learning Disability Nurse
Location: Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Salary: £46148.00 to £52809.00
Date posted: 24th January 2025
Closing date: 12th February 2025
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Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated, innovative, compassionate and clinically-experienced registered clinicians to join the newly established Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Outreach Team at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. These exciting new clinical leadership Band 7 roles will involve working in collaboration with other LDA Outreach colleagues, community learning disability and autism colleagues in addition to colleagues from 'The Brook' our 10-bedded Learning Disability and Autism inpatient unit.
Our team will include broad multidisciplinary representation - Mental Health and Learning Disability nursing in addition to AHPs with Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy backgrounds. We are seeking an experienced learning disability nurse with current NMC registration. Additionally, you will have clinical knowledge and experience of working with adults with a learning disability and/or autism. You will have advanced clinical leadership skills and be able to prioritise and manage workload. You should also have excellent safeguarding, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act knowledge in addition to advanced interpersonal, communication, formulation and risk assessment skills.
Main duties of the job
We welcome applications from clinicians who can proficiently demonstrate and promote effective clinical leadership and practice to the highest evidence-based standards.
Post holders will require the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multiprofessional team.
A central part of the role involves triaging, assessing, planning and delivering complex care packages to admission-vulnerable service users across Devon and for those discharged from The Brook, whilst ensuring proactive liaison with other partner agencies, families and care providers at every stage of care.
Devon Partnership NHS Trust is looking to become a recognised centre of excellence and expertise, the successful applicant should hold the Trust's values and have the competencies and confidence to inspire and involve staff to help reach this target over the next five years.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification (which is pending job matching) which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Physical skills
* Ability to be mobile across a county-wide geographical area. Computer literacy.
Planning and organisational skills
* Supervisory skills. Negotiation skills. Ability to manage own time and that of the team. Ability to work flexibly.
Analytical and judgement skills
* Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions. Ability to manage risk.
Experience
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment. Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health needs. Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level. Working within a community mental health, learning disability or neurodiversity setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector. Excellent clinical assessment skills. Ability to manage change in a positive manner.
* Providing clinical supervision and managing staff. Setting up or working within a new service. Experience of managing and developing services.
Qualifications
* A UK registered professional learning disability or mental health nursing qualification e.g. RNLD, RMN, Nursing Degree, Qualified Occupational Therapist with extensive learning disability and/or mental health experience, Speech and Language Therapist with extensive learning disability and/or mental health experience. Postgraduate qualification relevant to specialism or commitment to work towards. Further specialist training to masters equivalent level. Training to level 3 in Safeguarding Adults, Children and Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care staff or commitment to work towards.
Knowledge
* Specialist knowledge and experience in working in learning disability and autism services. An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act requirements, Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes.
* Understanding of Positive Behavioural Support and Trauma Informed Practice.
Communication and working relationship skills
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic. Ability to produce well-written reports. Ability to chair and participate in meetings which encompass complex organisational structures.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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