Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ealing Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities within the Psychiatry Team. The CTPLD is looking for a Band 7 RMN or RNLD to join the team, to support the assessment and case management of people with a Learning Disability with a diagnosed mental health condition. This post is a fixed term contact of one year to cover maternity leave, commencing in March 2024.
The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the nursing model to assess, plan implement and evaluate care, ensuring people's mental and physical health needs are met; to support hospital avoidance and high quality community care.
You will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, PBS, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy to ensure a holistic approach is taken to manage health needs.
The successful candidate will work closely with external colleagues; social services, hospital liaison, acute mental health services, AMPHs, commissioners, and other stakeholders.
Please see the job description and person specification for full details about the role.
Main duties of the job
Key roles will include:
- Assessing mental and physical health
- Risk assessment
- Care planning and implementation
- Monitoring medication, adhering to the STOMP agenda
- CPA process
- CTR's
- Attending DSR meetings
- Joint work with PBS to triage those with presenting 'challenging behaviours'
- Supporting mental capacity assessment and best interest meetings
- Supporting family members, carers and providers
- Health promotion
- Health facilitation
- Depot clinics
- Support service users to manage their physical health needs:
- Supporting GP's to increase annual health check uptake and quality
- Facilitating blood tests via desensitisation programmes
- Epilepsy care plans
- Supporting the dementia pathway
- Symptom management and end of life care planning
- Supporting weight management
- Promoting positive sexual health
- Promoting healthy lifestyle choices
Partnership working with the MDT:
- Attending weekly referral meetings
- Attending weekly case discussion meetings
- Raising safeguarding concerns
- Reporting incidents
- Supporting implementation of MDT pathways
Management:
- Supporting student nurses in the role of practice supervisor and assessor
- Attending regular supervision
- Adhering the NMC requirements inc. revalidation
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration. Either RNLD or RMN.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Advanced clinical assessment skills
- Evidence of training and experience of the application the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the Mental Health Act.
Desirable
- Further education relating to the physical and mental health needs of people with a learning disability.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability and mental health needs
- Significant post registration experience (excluding post basic training time) with a minimum of 2 years' experience at band 6 and above working in a community service.
- Experience in writing nursing assessments and care plans.
- Advanced clinical skills, ability to assess, diagnose and treat as an independent practitioner or commitment to develop such skills.
- Experience of working independently, autonomously and providing high quality evidence based care.
- Knowledge of NMC Professional Code of Practice and requirements for professional development.
- Experience of quality improvement processes including audit, risk management and a good understanding of clinical governance and change management.
- Be able to critically analyse research and use this to substantiate best practice. Good understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of health care systems and structures
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
- Some experience of working in a community setting
- LeDeR training
- Experience of safeguarding
- Experience of facilitating training
- Experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act
- Demonstrates experience in psychiatric report writing and/or willingness to develop report writing skills.
Skills, Abilities and Attributes:
Essential
- Ability to assess the health needs of people with a learning disability
- Ability to formulate care plans based on an assessment of needs.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills with service users, carers, staff and community partners
- Plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Record and report on clinical information as required
- Experience of and ability to communicate effectively with variety of partners and stakeholders - verbal, written and electronically.
- Ability to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of the service i.e. extended hours and weekends.
- Excellent IT skills - ability to use Word, Excel, MS Teams, SystmOne and other programmes as required
- Understanding of and application to practice of diversity and equal opportunities.
- Ability to influence service delivery and policy
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration. Either RNLD or RMN.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Advanced clinical assessment skills
- Evidence of training and experience of the application the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the Mental Health Act.
Desirable
- Further education relating to the physical and mental health needs of people with a learning disability.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability and mental health needs
- Significant post registration experience (excluding post basic training time) with a minimum of 2 years' experience at band 6 and above working in a community service.
- Experience in writing nursing assessments and care plans.
- Advanced clinical skills, ability to assess, diagnose and treat as an independent practitioner or commitment to develop such skills.
- Experience of working independently, autonomously and providing high quality evidence based care.
- Knowledge of NMC Professional Code of Practice and requirements for professional development.
- Experience of quality improvement processes including audit, risk management and a good understanding of clinical governance and change management.
- Be able to critically analyse research and use this to substantiate best practice. Good understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Basic understanding of health care systems and structures
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
- Some experience of working in a community setting
- LeDeR training
- Experience of safeguarding
- Experience of facilitating training
- Experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act
- Demonstrates experience in psychiatric report writing and/or willingness to develop report writing skills.
Skills, Abilities and Attributes:
Essential
- Ability to assess the health needs of people with a learning disability
- Ability to formulate care plans based on an assessment of needs.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills with service users, carers, staff and community partners
- Plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Record and report on clinical information as required
- Experience of and ability to communicate effectively with variety of partners and stakeholders - verbal, written and electronically.
- Ability to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of the service i.e. extended hours and weekends.
- Excellent IT skills - ability to use Word, Excel, MS Teams, SystmOne and other programmes as required
- Understanding of and application to practice of diversity and equal opportunities.
- Ability to influence service delivery and policy
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
