Job summary
Working closely with our Lead Nurse for Learning Disabilities and the wider Learning Disabilities Team, you will act as a visible clinical expert, advisor and advocate, championing reasonable adjustments, reducing health inequalities, and ensuring our services meet national best practice standards.
You will support patients, families, carers and clinical teams through direct care, advice, education, training, and system improvement. Whilst this post will be based at Whipps Cross Hospital you will be required to work across Barts Health that will allow you to build strong partnerships with colleagues in acute, community, social care, and voluntary services. You will also contribute to local and national learning and innovation through active engagement in different improvement initiatives such as the LeDeR programme and the NHS England Learning Disability Improvement Standards
Main duties of the job
To deliver on-going expert clinical input for patients with learning disabilities and autism across all sites and all departments within Barts Health to reduce inequalities, safe care and improve patient experience.
To offer clinical teams in all settings across all sites, expert advice, support and education to on patients, resources and up to date guidance as it pertains to people wth a learning disability and autism to reduce harm and ensure equality of outcomes
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Relevant Degree, or equivalent
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Post registration course (s) in physical health care
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with people with learning disabilities and autism in a variety of settings/roles
- Experience work as autonomous practitioner and prioritising and co-ordinating workload
- Previous relevant acute hospital experience
- Supervision of others
- Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Teaching a diverse range of groups
- Experience of leading projects
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate clear understanding of the role of Clinical Speciallist within Learning Disability Field within an acute hospital setting
- Evidence of keeping professionally updated
- Up to date knowledge and experience regarding national/local guidelines, and in particular relating to area of speciality with expertise in the application of the Mental Capacity Act, Equalities Act. LeDer programme
- Expert understanding and application of Safeguarding procedures related to area of speciality
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and application in practice
- Knowledge of audit and QI cycles
Desirable
- Post graduate study in relevant field
- Previous research experience and knowledge/willingness to carry out /participate in research
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - patients, families and MDT
- Able to teach patients/families and multidisciplinary teams about the care of a patient with Learning Disabilities
- Delivery of skilled person centred care to highly complex challenging individuals
- To co-ordinate care for complex individuals who display behaviours that challenge
- Able to risk assess, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Able to innovate and influence service delivery
- Evidence of service development initiatives
- Ability to carry out audits
- Computer literate, willingness to learn new software application and technology related to client group
Other
Essential
- Demonstrable passion for the field of LD care and the improvement in care and treatment
- Self motivated, proactive and resourceful
- Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge with team and wider Trust
- Ability to be assertive but professional
- Ability to demonstrate warmth compassion and flexibility
- Ability to adapt frequently to changing circumstances
- Flexible attitude to ways and hours of working
- Ability to develop own learning needs and interests that help to improve ways of working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Relevant Degree, or equivalent
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Post registration course (s) in physical health care
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with people with learning disabilities and autism in a variety of settings/roles
- Experience work as autonomous practitioner and prioritising and co-ordinating workload
- Previous relevant acute hospital experience
- Supervision of others
- Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Teaching a diverse range of groups
- Experience of leading projects
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate clear understanding of the role of Clinical Speciallist within Learning Disability Field within an acute hospital setting
- Evidence of keeping professionally updated
- Up to date knowledge and experience regarding national/local guidelines, and in particular relating to area of speciality with expertise in the application of the Mental Capacity Act, Equalities Act. LeDer programme
- Expert understanding and application of Safeguarding procedures related to area of speciality
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and application in practice
- Knowledge of audit and QI cycles
Desirable
- Post graduate study in relevant field
- Previous research experience and knowledge/willingness to carry out /participate in research
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - patients, families and MDT
- Able to teach patients/families and multidisciplinary teams about the care of a patient with Learning Disabilities
- Delivery of skilled person centred care to highly complex challenging individuals
- To co-ordinate care for complex individuals who display behaviours that challenge
- Able to risk assess, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Able to innovate and influence service delivery
- Evidence of service development initiatives
- Ability to carry out audits
- Computer literate, willingness to learn new software application and technology related to client group
Other
Essential
- Demonstrable passion for the field of LD care and the improvement in care and treatment
- Self motivated, proactive and resourceful
- Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge with team and wider Trust
- Ability to be assertive but professional
- Ability to demonstrate warmth compassion and flexibility
- Ability to adapt frequently to changing circumstances
- Flexible attitude to ways and hours of working
- Ability to develop own learning needs and interests that help to improve ways of 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).
