Job summary
This is a rare opportunity to join our friendly Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside. Our team is a large well established and supportive multi disciplinary team offering holistic health care to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside.
We are looking for Staff who are passionate in providing support to people who have a learning disability to maintain their physical health and emotional wellbeing
The Ideal candidate will have an understanding of National and Local Policies relating to the management of people with learning disabilities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be welcomed as a member as a member of the friendly, community learning disabilities team in Northumbria Health Care Trust offering regular team meetings, robust support and supervision, and a commitment to continued professional development.
As an integral part of North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team, the post holder will be solely responsible for a personal caseload including assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care.They will be passionate about working in collaboration with service users, their family, carers and professional colleagues in order to enhance health and wellbeing, to prevent or reduce behaviour that challenges.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high quality community nursing service to adults who have a learning disability within the North Tyneside area.
To work across Primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equality of access for those with learning disabilities.
To work with other agencies and services (statutory and non statutory) to ensure equality of access for those with a learning disability and facilitate effective communication between clients and other agencies.
To provide community nursing support to adults who have behavioural/mental health problems. Support the design and implement Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high quality community nursing service to adults who have a learning disability within the North Tyneside area.
To work across Primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equality of access for those with learning disabilities.
To work with other agencies and services (statutory and non statutory) to ensure equality of access for those with a learning disability and facilitate effective communication between clients and other agencies.
To provide community nursing support to adults who have behavioural/mental health problems. Support the design and implement Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
- R.N.M.H/R.N.L.D. Qualification
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
- R.N.M.H/R.N.L.D. Qualification
Desirable
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).
