Acute Liaison Specialist Nurse (LD)

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

The closing date is 23 April 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Registered Learning Disability Nurse (LD) to take on the role of LD Acute Liaison Specialist Nurse for people with learning disabilities within North Staffordshire

The service covers the geographical area of Stoke-on-Trent, where the post holder will be work as part of the Community Learning Disability Health Team (CLDHT). However, the post holder will spend a large amount of time working within Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH), working closely with acute teams and services.

The roles focus is raising the awareness of the health needs of people with a learning disability, in order to achieve the best health outcomes for our local population or those accessing acute services.

Influencing change is a fundamental part of the Acute Liaison Nurse role. Prioritizing clinical needs on a daily basis is also a skill essential for this role.

We are seeking a confidence person to work autonomously with strong advocacy skills and relationship building experience. Someone committed to not only support the improvement of care pathways but to also develop and deliver training and education packages to a diverse group including people with a learning disability, carers and professionals.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small Health Facilitation Team, with the full multi-disciplinary support of the CLDHT.

The service operates from 9-5 Monday - Friday, flexible working patterns can be discussed .

Main duties of the job

Be a member of the Community Learning Disability Health Team however work and be based primarily within the acute hospital setting, there may be a requirement to work with clients in a variety of other health / community settings.

Utilise advanced knowledge and skills to work with adults with complex needs to meet defined objectives, reduce health inequalities by supporting people with mild, moderate or severe learning disabilities to access mainstream healthcare.

Ensure health professionals gain knowledge and skills in being able to provide healthcare that is responsive to their individual needs.

Participate in the development and improvement of a learning disability services.

Participate in the development and provision of the LD Specialist Acute Liaison Nursing in North Staffordshire.

Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Health Facilitation and Acute Liaison services within a designated area / team, co leading and contributing to relevant projects.

Will be required to educate staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members on key LD agendas .

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

09 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

232-SPL-7082674

Job locations

Broom Street

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 2EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Team Manager be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local service by ensuring the assessment of therapy needs, particularly in relation to:

Using specialist knowledge to independently undertake assessments and evaluate interventions with clients with diverse environmental, social, physical and mental health needs, adapting approach to the varying level of learning disability.

Close working with other services aiming to reduce health inequalities and improve access to universal services.

Opportunities to support access to mainstream health services for adults with learning disabilities.

The provision of timely intervention aimed at promoting and maintaining the health of adults with a learning disability. This will be achieved through individual and group therapy and where necessary the implementation of therapeutic interventions.

To work in partnership with identified Primary/Acute Health/Social Care teams, GP Practices and learning disability teams to ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are being met effectively and to influence pathways of care to ensure reasonable adjustments are implemented to reduce health inequalities.

Where required undertake transitional work with children services to ensure continuity of care between Acute, Primary and Secondary Care services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Close working with other services aiming to reduce health inequalities and improve access to universal services.

Opportunities to support access to mainstream health services for adults with learning disabilities.

Where required undertake transitional work with children services to ensure continuity of care between Acute, Primary and Secondary Care services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities Educated to Degree level or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

Hold a broad range of experiences including evidence of supporting people with learning disabilities to access mainstream services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities Educated to Degree level or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

Hold a broad range of experiences including evidence of supporting people with learning disabilities to access mainstream services.

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.