Job summary
Do you bring passion and commitment to delivering high quality care? Do you understand the clinical and sensory needs of people with a Learning Disability and or Autism. If you are prepared to deliver evidence based change to implement clinical service delivery, this role will provide you with a rare and exciting career opportunity to be part of our new service implementation.
Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP) are looking for an exceptional person to provide leadership to deliver our vision to deliver excellence for people with a learning disability and autistic people in our specialist acute inpatient mental health services
NHSE expect the service to be implemented in line with South West regional learning disability and autism capacity programme of care (2023). The ambition is to deliver a specialist, acute mental health care setting to meet the specialist environmental and clinical needs of people with a learning disability and or autism that cannot access mainstream inpatient services.
The kingfisher is being coproduced and you will be influential in designing and implementing our service and team in partnership with people with lived experience.
This is an exciting and ambitious programme that will deliver measurable benefits and clinical outcomes for those people with a learning disability and autistic people and their families by providing the sensory and clinical environment that both supports patients and contributes to recovery.
Main duties of the job
Working as a team to ensure that people who have a Learning Disability and Autism are provided with a high quality, person-centred approach to care delivery that always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.
To work within a multi-professional team in an in-patient / community setting, providing, support, care and treatment to service users, within guidelines and protocols identified.
Developing and practicing a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users' psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.
Enable service users to reach their optimum level of independence, take responsibility for ensuring service user and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership and hope.
To provide enhanced support to our service users who often have complex needs as expected from a specialised service.
Working within Learning Disability & Autism services can be highly rewarding and fulfilling. In addition, this role has a responsibility to provide support, coaching and supervising others less experienced in the team as part of our collective goal to develop enhanced skills expected from a specialist service.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role
Experience
Person Specification:
Essential
Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Adult) with NMC registration.
Awareness of working with people with learning disabilities, Autism and complex health needs and working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
PBS or PBM knowledge/ training
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role
Experience
Person Specification:
Essential
Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Adult) with NMC registration.
Awareness of working with people with learning disabilities, Autism and complex health needs and working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
PBS or PBM knowledge/ training
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Adult) with current NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing or ability to undertake in the post.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the vulnerable adult's policy and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Knowledge of alternative communication skills
- PBM & PBS Trained
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of working in a Community Learning Disabilities Team or Multi-disciplinary team working
- Awareness of working with people with learning disabilities, Autism and complex health needs i.e. physical health needs or behaviours that challenge
- Knowledge of common health problems experienced by people with LD i.e. epilepsy.
- Knowledge and skills to undertake health assessments develop care plans and evaluate them using person-centered approaches. ?Knowledge and skills to deliver or facilitate health care according to assessed needs.
- Maintain accurate, appropriate records
- Knowledge and competence in medication and safe administration and disposal of drugs
- Able to develop an excellent therapeutic relationship; function as named nurse undertaking
- All aspects of the nursing process in order to provide best possible service user care
Desirable
- Post Registration Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
- Experience of working with families and carers
- Effective report writing to provide clear relevant information for ward rounds, MDT's, CTR's, CETR's, CPA's MHA tribunals etc
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to reflect on own practice
- Multidisciplinary working communication skills.
- IT skills
- Person centered approaches to nursing care
Desirable
- Ability to transform health information in an accessible format according to individual service user need such as using pictures or symbols.
- De-escalation and listening skills
- Leadership skills(motivating, using initiative, change management)
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathy
- Driven to achieve.
- Self-motivated
- Good time management
- Passion to work with people
- Ability to think of innovative ways of working to support our service users to lead fulfilled lives
Desirable
- Driving license with access to a car
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Adult) with current NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing or ability to undertake in the post.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the vulnerable adult's policy and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Knowledge of alternative communication skills
- PBM & PBS Trained
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of working in a Community Learning Disabilities Team or Multi-disciplinary team working
- Awareness of working with people with learning disabilities, Autism and complex health needs i.e. physical health needs or behaviours that challenge
- Knowledge of common health problems experienced by people with LD i.e. epilepsy.
- Knowledge and skills to undertake health assessments develop care plans and evaluate them using person-centered approaches. ?Knowledge and skills to deliver or facilitate health care according to assessed needs.
- Maintain accurate, appropriate records
- Knowledge and competence in medication and safe administration and disposal of drugs
- Able to develop an excellent therapeutic relationship; function as named nurse undertaking
- All aspects of the nursing process in order to provide best possible service user care
Desirable
- Post Registration Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
- Experience of working with families and carers
- Effective report writing to provide clear relevant information for ward rounds, MDT's, CTR's, CETR's, CPA's MHA tribunals etc
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to reflect on own practice
- Multidisciplinary working communication skills.
- IT skills
- Person centered approaches to nursing care
Desirable
- Ability to transform health information in an accessible format according to individual service user need such as using pictures or symbols.
- De-escalation and listening skills
- Leadership skills(motivating, using initiative, change management)
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathy
- Driven to achieve.
- Self-motivated
- Good time management
- Passion to work with people
- Ability to think of innovative ways of working to support our service users to lead fulfilled lives
Desirable
- Driving license with access to a car
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).
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