Job summary
Would you like to be at the forefront of exciting new developments within Adult Learning Disability services? Do you have a passion to work within specialist learning disability services? Do you want to contribute your experience and skills to new ways of working across an integrated care system (ICS)? We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual who would relish the opportunity to work in the adult Learning Disability Service within LPFT as a Learning Disability Physical Health Liaison Lead.
LPFT's adult learning disability service, provides specialist health support to people with learning disabilities who require assessment and/or treatment for their physical and mental health, including support with behaviours of concern. The adult learning disability service operates from three multi-disciplinary hubs, across Lincolnshire, which delivers a range of specialist provision as well as a county-wide community home assessment and treatment team.
For further information prior to submitting an application please contact Laura Copus, Adult LD Service Manager laura.copus@nhs.net 07976 424191.
A relocation package may be available for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a high standard of physical healthcare is provided for all service users with a Learning Disability within Lincolnshire.
You will provide clinical supervision for all the Learning Disability Physical Health Liaison Practitioners within the service and provide support and training in respect of physical healthcare to all LPFT Learning Disability Staff.
You will support and deliver the community and acute liaison pathway ensuring people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism have their physical healthcare needs met through liaison, training and education.
You will carry a small caseload of complex Learning Disability Physical Health Liaison cases working closely with mainstream physical healthcare services including GP, Community and Acute services.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please click on the right of the advert text to read the job description and lots of other information about why Lincolnshire is an amazing place to live and why LPFT is such a great place to work!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Learning Disabilities, mental health and social care or equivalent: 1st Level Registration (NMC, HCPC)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice (or able to evidence equivalent experience)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in management (or able to evidence equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Specialist qualifications relating to physical healthcare and Learning Disability
- Leadership Training
- Master's Degree
Experience
Essential
- Post- Registration experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs with complex physical health needs.
- Experience of managing and supervising registered professional staff across a range of issues.
- Evidence and experience of clinical leadership
- Knowledge and understanding of the national agenda for learning disabilities.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical/ risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
- Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
- Evidence of continuing professional development and a proven record of a higher level of clinical practice in complex cases within this specialist field
Desirable
- Experience of involvement in strategic decision making.
- Experience of leading on clinical supervision
- Experience of managing HR processes
- Experience budget management
- Best interest assessor
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communicator in a variety of levels and methods.
- Up-to-date knowledge base.
- Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. Ability to respond and adapt to changes
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to contribute to effective teamwork.
- Committed to providing a patient focused and centred service
- Able to motivate self and others
- Understanding of Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and National Guidelines / initiatives e.g., Transforming Care.
- NICE guidance relating to people with Learning disabilities and/or Autism
- Advanced skills in clinical supervision.
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
Desirable
- Ability to critically appraise and evaluate clinical research, reports or papers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Learning Disabilities, mental health and social care or equivalent: 1st Level Registration (NMC, HCPC)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice (or able to evidence equivalent experience)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in management (or able to evidence equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Specialist qualifications relating to physical healthcare and Learning Disability
- Leadership Training
- Master's Degree
Experience
Essential
- Post- Registration experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs with complex physical health needs.
- Experience of managing and supervising registered professional staff across a range of issues.
- Evidence and experience of clinical leadership
- Knowledge and understanding of the national agenda for learning disabilities.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical/ risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
- Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
- Evidence of continuing professional development and a proven record of a higher level of clinical practice in complex cases within this specialist field
Desirable
- Experience of involvement in strategic decision making.
- Experience of leading on clinical supervision
- Experience of managing HR processes
- Experience budget management
- Best interest assessor
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communicator in a variety of levels and methods.
- Up-to-date knowledge base.
- Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. Ability to respond and adapt to changes
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to contribute to effective teamwork.
- Committed to providing a patient focused and centred service
- Able to motivate self and others
- Understanding of Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and National Guidelines / initiatives e.g., Transforming Care.
- NICE guidance relating to people with Learning disabilities and/or Autism
- Advanced skills in clinical supervision.
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
Desirable
- Ability to critically appraise and evaluate clinical research, reports or papers
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
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).
