Children’s Senior Community Nurse
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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Job summary
The Children's Community Team for People with a Learning Disability (CCTPLD) delivers specialist multi-disciplinary healthcare assessment and treatment services locally for children who have a learning disability presenting with physical health needs, a mental illness and/or challenging behaviour. The service provided is person centred and tailored to the individual and their environment, taking into account their ethnic and cultural backgrounds and needs. We provide this through direct support, joint working with other services and/or through offering consultancy to other professionals involved.
The team works in close partnership with the service user, family/carers, and other agencies e.g., mainstream health services, independent and voluntary services, Advocacy Services and Commissioners. You will be expected to work within a value driven, recovery-based approach that embeds the Positive Behaviour Support framework. Post holders will have experience of working with people who have a learning disability and either mental ill-health and/or complex behavioural needs.
Main duties of the job
You will work with the Community Nursing Team holding a caseload made up of individuals with a broad range of needs and will provide specialist assessment and intervention to patients with learning disabilities in the community, working with a range of issues relating to physical health and emotional wellbeing. You will work in collaboration with the person, their network of care, mainstream health services, and the multidisciplinary team to enhance, optimise and maintain the person's health and quality of life.
We want to recruit a dedicated workforce to meet the diverse needs of our service users. Successful candidates will need to have a genuine interest in working within a multi-disciplinary team and a passion for improving the lives and health outcomes of people with a learning disability.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact Kirsty Clarke, Service Manager on 07894 816194 or Jo Goodman, Lead Nurse, Children's Community Team on 07827 878410.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Date posted
14 March 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year Per Annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
270-TD1173-MH
Job locations
Countywide
Newland House, Campbell Square
Northampton
NN1 3EB
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Countywide
Newland House, Campbell Square
Northampton
NN1 3EB
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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