Job summary
We have a rare & exciting opportunity for an experienced & passionate Learning Disability nurse to join the Intensive Support Team ( IST )in the Team leader band 7 position within the West Specialist Learning Disability Service.
Main duties of the job
The Team Leader role in IST involves working with adults with a learning disability and challenging Behavior and/ or mental health issues in the community with the aim to prevent an admission to hospital.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Team leader role requires a dynamic and enthusiastic Learning Disability nurse who has experience of working in the community and an understanding of the Transforming Care Agenda and a passion for working with the individual, their carers and networks to support individuals in their own home and explore alternatives to hospital admission
To achieve this you will be leading the Intensive support nurses and senior support workers & your role will include
- Supervision of band 6 nurses & monitoring of band 5 & band 4 supervisions
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Operational management of IST including annual leave, e-roster
- leadership of student nurse placements and recruitment
- Professional responsibilities including CPD & preceptorship.
- Monitoring of Caseloads and case management to try and help prevent admission.
- Screening and allocating referrals
- Charing Nurses meetings and prevention of hospital admissions
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Team leader role requires a dynamic and enthusiastic Learning Disability nurse who has experience of working in the community and an understanding of the Transforming Care Agenda and a passion for working with the individual, their carers and networks to support individuals in their own home and explore alternatives to hospital admission
To achieve this you will be leading the Intensive support nurses and senior support workers & your role will include
- Supervision of band 6 nurses & monitoring of band 5 & band 4 supervisions
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Operational management of IST including annual leave, e-roster
- leadership of student nurse placements and recruitment
- Professional responsibilities including CPD & preceptorship.
- Monitoring of Caseloads and case management to try and help prevent admission.
- Screening and allocating referrals
- Charing Nurses meetings and prevention of hospital admissions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNLD /RNMHH
- ENB 997/998( Mentoring & Preceptorship) or equivalent
- Post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years' experience of working in a Specialist LD community Service.
- Clinical and operational management of junior staff
- Managing service priorities met
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNLD /RNMHH
- ENB 997/998( Mentoring & Preceptorship) or equivalent
- Post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years' experience of working in a Specialist LD community Service.
- Clinical and operational management of junior staff
- Managing service priorities met
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
