Job summary
The Intensive Support Team (IST) complete nursing assessments and treatment for people with learning disabilities who have behaviours which challenge and mental health needs. IST seeks to provide an alternative, where appropriate, for service users to hospital admission. The key function of the IST nurse is to gatekeep the specialist beds in Dove ward, Kingfisher Court.
The IST nursing team are a function of the Specialist Learning Disability Service (SLDS) in HPFT. SLDS is a multidisciplinary specialist health team for people who have specialist health needs related to learning disabilities.
We have a band 6 secondment for 7 months for an enthusiastic and forward thinking registered learning disability nurse or registered mental health nurse to join the team . The team is based within the West Hertfordshire locality with existing links to other local health and social care services for people with learning disabilities. The post hours are 37.5 hours a week with a flexible shift pattern over 7 days.
Applicants need to be motivated to increase their knowledge and skills in their nursing practice to meet the health needs of people who have specialist health needs related to learning disabilities. Applicants need to have excellent communication skills and leadership skills and be keen to continue to develop their skills in our supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
As the job covers a vast area in the Community applicants will required to be able to travel in their own vehicle to meet with service users and families/carers in their own homes, work place or day centres as appropriate
Main duties will be to develop care plans according to identified health needs. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own caseload.
Will be a member of the wider Multidisciplinary team within the Specialist Learning Disability Service so will need to act as role model and provide nursing advice and expertise to other members of the team.
Good communication with our partner agencies is imperative to ensure that service users quality of life is maintained or enhanced by our involvement.
Duties include attendance and referrals / professionals meetings . To be able to identify and take part in service developments where appropriate.
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
To be a Registered Nurse for people Learning Disability.(RNLD) or Register Nurse in Mental Health (RMN)
To observe and abide by the NMC The Code: Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and all other NMC professional guidance.
To meet the N.M.C. Revalidation requirements and CPD as a registered nurse.
To work towards the implementation of all national and local policies concerning the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
To assist in providing and maintaining the management structure of the team.
To work as a nurse with a special interest in the promotion of mental health wellbeing & the safe management of challenging behaviour for people with learning disabilities and become proficient in evidenced based positive behavioural support approaches.
To work as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team (M.D.T.) within the LD and Forensics Service.
To support the Clinical Nurse Lead and Community Manager in the development of the nurse team.
To have a role in ensuring the smooth running and co-ordination of the service, and monitoring of service activity.
To work in liaison with service users, carers, other professionals, in collaboration with other services ensuring a needs-led service.
To be involved with and share the responsibility for identifying and developing opportunities for Service Users with learning disabilities to be key to local and Trust wide service operation and development.
To work under the direction and supervision of the Clinical Nurse Lead in delivering effective evidence-based practice to adults with Learning Disabilities requiring mental health services.
To promote and maintain good working relationships and effective communications / liaison with carers, team colleagues in HPFT, Hertfordshire Health & Community Service and external agents.
To carry out health assessments and be competent in reporting back health assessments to the wider MDT. To be supported by the senior nurse team to make recommendations of how to meet those needs, to support the implementation of these recommendations and to monitor, evaluate and review the input and progress.
To act in a consultative role to external agencies in relations to clinical interventions, risk assessments & management plans.
To maintain appropriate records according to NMC record keeping & HPFT Data Quality policy and guidance.
To support the ongoing development of quality services by actively engaging in team audit and other service initiatives.
To actively participate and encourage others in quality improvement audits and benchmarking.
To work in close liaison with inpatient services
To ensure that the Nursing Team within the Community Assessment and Treatment Service works within the Mental Health Act (1983), amended (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Hertfordshire Safe guarding Adults frameworks.
Understanding and adhering to local, regional and national policies / procedures and guidelines, ensuring innovative, evidence based and safe practice within the service.
To participate where appropriate in the development and implementation of policies / procedures / standards and guidelines in response to new legislation.
To be responsible for the provision of supervision both formal and informal of band 4 Senior Support Workers, Band 5 Nursing staff and student nurses in the team.
All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training
Desirable
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Post Graduation courses
- Membership of professional bodies
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
- Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
- Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
- Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
Desirable
Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be a Registered Nurse for people Learning Disability.(RNLD) or Register Nurse in Mental Health (RMN)
To observe and abide by the NMC The Code: Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and all other NMC professional guidance.
To meet the N.M.C. Revalidation requirements and CPD as a registered nurse.
To work towards the implementation of all national and local policies concerning the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
To assist in providing and maintaining the management structure of the team.
To work as a nurse with a special interest in the promotion of mental health wellbeing & the safe management of challenging behaviour for people with learning disabilities and become proficient in evidenced based positive behavioural support approaches.
To work as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team (M.D.T.) within the LD and Forensics Service.
To support the Clinical Nurse Lead and Community Manager in the development of the nurse team.
To have a role in ensuring the smooth running and co-ordination of the service, and monitoring of service activity.
To work in liaison with service users, carers, other professionals, in collaboration with other services ensuring a needs-led service.
To be involved with and share the responsibility for identifying and developing opportunities for Service Users with learning disabilities to be key to local and Trust wide service operation and development.
To work under the direction and supervision of the Clinical Nurse Lead in delivering effective evidence-based practice to adults with Learning Disabilities requiring mental health services.
To promote and maintain good working relationships and effective communications / liaison with carers, team colleagues in HPFT, Hertfordshire Health & Community Service and external agents.
To carry out health assessments and be competent in reporting back health assessments to the wider MDT. To be supported by the senior nurse team to make recommendations of how to meet those needs, to support the implementation of these recommendations and to monitor, evaluate and review the input and progress.
To act in a consultative role to external agencies in relations to clinical interventions, risk assessments & management plans.
To maintain appropriate records according to NMC record keeping & HPFT Data Quality policy and guidance.
To support the ongoing development of quality services by actively engaging in team audit and other service initiatives.
To actively participate and encourage others in quality improvement audits and benchmarking.
To work in close liaison with inpatient services
To ensure that the Nursing Team within the Community Assessment and Treatment Service works within the Mental Health Act (1983), amended (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Hertfordshire Safe guarding Adults frameworks.
Understanding and adhering to local, regional and national policies / procedures and guidelines, ensuring innovative, evidence based and safe practice within the service.
To participate where appropriate in the development and implementation of policies / procedures / standards and guidelines in response to new legislation.
To be responsible for the provision of supervision both formal and informal of band 4 Senior Support Workers, Band 5 Nursing staff and student nurses in the team.
All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training
Desirable
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Post Graduation courses
- Membership of professional bodies
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
- Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
- Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
- Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
Desirable
Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training
Desirable
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Post Graduation courses
- Membership of professional bodies
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
- Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
- Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
- Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
Desirable
- Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training
Desirable
- Additional areas of training through short courses
- Post Graduation courses
- Membership of professional bodies
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
- Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
- Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
- Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
Desirable
- Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process
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).
