Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a learning disability nurse to work as a Community Nurse in Complex Physical Health within Bromley. You will be part of a small team of motivated nurses supporting people with their physical health.
This is a full-time post based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. We will consider those applicants who would like flexible working hours and potential job share.
As Learning Disability nurses, we are fully committed to addressing the health inequalities faced by adults with a learning disability, and are passionate about overcoming these barriers. We would welcome applications from Learning Disability nurses who share this passion and want to make a difference to the lives of adults with a learning disability. We work as a multi-disciplinary service and alongside other stakeholders to improve health, and reduce the risk of hospital admission and premature death for our service users.
We offer a range of training and development opportunities both within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and externally. You will receive regular supervision and join our learning disability nursing council across three boroughs.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work in the Bromley CLDT Complex Physical Health in Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.
- The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues.
- They will provide holistic, high calibre, evidence based, skilled nursing care, assessments, and interventions.
- The post holder will be expected to facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work, with clients and carers as needed.
- The post holder will support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them.
- The post holder will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services.
- The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
- The post holder will have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and multi-cultural communities.
- The post holder should demonstrate a broad knowledge of the requirements of the NMC, the Trust and government policies and legislation and their application to practice.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
- Builds on skills in assessing, implementing and critically evaluating intervention outcomes to maintain and improve the physical well-being of service users.
- Advise and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
- Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in Valuing People (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
- Demonstrates existing relevant skills of working with adults with a learning disability and complex physical health needs through previous experience and applies these to the role being applied for.
- Demonstrates a commitment to develop appropriate leadership skills as nurse, acting as a role model to junior staff team members.
- Contributes to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based nursing care.
- Ensures accountability in practice, in line with the NMC code.
- Employ health promotion techniques to develop the overall health and well-being of service users and prevent avoidable illness.
- Liaises with multi-disciplinary colleagues and other professionals/agencies in order to address issues that create barriers to social well-being and reports on unmet need and obstacles to senior colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
- Builds on skills in assessing, implementing and critically evaluating intervention outcomes to maintain and improve the physical well-being of service users.
- Advise and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
- Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in Valuing People (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
- Demonstrates existing relevant skills of working with adults with a learning disability and complex physical health needs through previous experience and applies these to the role being applied for.
- Demonstrates a commitment to develop appropriate leadership skills as nurse, acting as a role model to junior staff team members.
- Contributes to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based nursing care.
- Ensures accountability in practice, in line with the NMC code.
- Employ health promotion techniques to develop the overall health and well-being of service users and prevent avoidable illness.
- Liaises with multi-disciplinary colleagues and other professionals/agencies in order to address issues that create barriers to social well-being and reports on unmet need and obstacles to senior colleagues.
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
Essential
- Qualified RNLD
- Degree level training relevant to the role
- Evidence of continuing professional development / qualification relevant to the role
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post registration experience working with people with a learning disability
- Sufficient experience working within a community MDT
- Experience of supervising junior staff and Students
Skills / Abilities / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of assessment and analytical skills relevant to the role
- Experience of delivering training and group work
- Experience of being able to work autonomously
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
Essential
- Qualified RNLD
- Degree level training relevant to the role
- Evidence of continuing professional development / qualification relevant to the role
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post registration experience working with people with a learning disability
- Sufficient experience working within a community MDT
- Experience of supervising junior staff and Students
Skills / Abilities / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of assessment and analytical skills relevant to the role
- Experience of delivering training and group work
- Experience of being able to work autonomously
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).
