Job summary
Do you have a passion for supporting people with learning disabilities to maximise their full potential?
Are you interested in a nursing leadership role, with a variety of both hands-on nursing and management responsibilities?
We are seeking a Band 7 Learning Disability Nurse to join our Integrated Community Learning Disability Team in Bognor Regis. As a Lead Learning Disability Nurse in our team you will be a key member of our multi-professional health team, working in close partnership with Social Services colleagues to support people who have a learning disability, but who also have complex physical and mental health needs including behaviours that challenge.
Our community learning disability team works across Bognor Regis and surrounding areas to provide specialist community support for adults with a learning disability, their families and carers. Our teams include specialist nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, physios, speech and language therapists and more.
This post offers the Trust's £4000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).
Main duties of the job
Within this role you will be supporting the nursing team to provide high-quality assessment, support and advice to people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. You will be responsible for a caseload providing and/or arranging access to specialist focused health assessments and interventions. You will need to monitor identified health care and treatment plans relating to complex issues such as physical health, epilepsy, challenging behaviour and mental health. You will be able to identify and manage risk and offer care plans to support individual needs. You will be confident in advocating on behalf of the person with learning disabilities. A good working knowledge of Adult Safeguarding, the LeDeR programme and Transforming Care agendas will be essential.
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability services for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise care for patients is our top priority.
Key survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for community nursing and supporting people with learning disabilities in maximising their full potential. We will need you to be flexible with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to have good organisational abilities to manage your diary and own case load. You will need to have good IT skills to use various computer programmes and be able to work remotely if needed. You will need to be able to travel around West Sussex and sometimes wider areas for home visits and meetings.
You will deliver support and development to the nursing team. Providing regular supervision, annual appraisal and consideration of training, mentoring and coaching. You will offer mentoring to student nurses and Trainee Nurse Associates (TNAs). You will also work closely with the Team Lead to support the wider team.
You will be required and supported to continue your professional development in line with your registration, validation and Trust policies and procedures.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Helen Lambert (Matron Community Services) - helen.lambert@spft.nhs.uk
or
Stacey Knight (Health Team Leader) - stacey.knight@spft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for community nursing and supporting people with learning disabilities in maximising their full potential. We will need you to be flexible with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to have good organisational abilities to manage your diary and own case load. You will need to have good IT skills to use various computer programmes and be able to work remotely if needed. You will need to be able to travel around West Sussex and sometimes wider areas for home visits and meetings.
You will deliver support and development to the nursing team. Providing regular supervision, annual appraisal and consideration of training, mentoring and coaching. You will offer mentoring to student nurses and Trainee Nurse Associates (TNAs). You will also work closely with the Team Lead to support the wider team.
You will be required and supported to continue your professional development in line with your registration, validation and Trust policies and procedures.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Helen Lambert (Matron Community Services) - helen.lambert@spft.nhs.uk
or
Stacey Knight (Health Team Leader) - stacey.knight@spft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration (Learning Disability)
- Degree/Diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent to the relevant care group
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration (Learning Disability)
- Degree/Diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent to the relevant care group
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
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).
