Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills. Understand Health and Social care policy and legislation for the service user group in relation to your professional practice.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing advice and support to service users, carers, and partner agencies regarding annual health checks for people with learning disabilities.
2. Liaising and communicating effectively and sensitively with other professionals in the MDT and external agencies (e.g., GP surgeries, the CCG, private providers) providing highly specialist advice as necessary.
3. Improving the uptake and quality of the annual health checks locally.
4. Working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and across partner agencies.
5. Leading in the delivery of training to GP surgeries across the area, linking in with Peterborough Nurses from that locality area.
6. Having a good understanding of the physical health needs of the service user group.
7. Supporting reasonable adjustments that may be required to enable service users to access their AHC, including recognizing the impact of a person's communication needs and tailoring interaction to meet this need.
8. Managing difficult conversations, as the role requires working with surgeries where there is poor uptake of AHC or poor quality AHCs being reported.
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