Job summary
To be a core member of a multidisciplinary team in the Learning DisabilityService, promoting the health and well-being of people with learningdisabilities, helping them to become valued members of the community and toachieve maximum independence.The individual will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team working in community settings with service users, their families and their carers'. This involves working unsupervised in the homes of service users and other community settings.This post involves working with people who are vulnerable, havecommunication difficulties and may have challenging behaviour. The postholder will be supported to manage a caseload
Main duties of the job
Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred tothe learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximumindependence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementingand evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers.o Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gainmaximum benefit from available services, resources etc.o Take responsibility for the management of a caseload.o Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users,carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify andsupport Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities inaccordance with the recommendations of "Valuing People - A NewStrategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century".AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5o Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principlesof "Valuing People - A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21stCentury".o Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reportingprocesses.o Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing ofstandards.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximumindependence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementingand evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers. Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gainmaximum benefit from available services, resources etc. Take responsibility for the management of a caseload. Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users,carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify andsupport Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities inaccordance with the recommendations of Valuing People A NewStrategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century.AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5 Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles of Valuing People A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century. Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting processes. Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing ofstandards.
Patient Care The post holder will be required to deliver a range of teaching sessions to individuals and carers of people with a learning disability. Support people with learning disabilities who may exhibit a range ofchallenging behaviours, which may include verbal and/or physicalaggression. Devise in conjunction with carers, families and other professionals,appropriate strategies to deal sensitively with the difficult to managebehaviours. To provide an efficient, timely, and high quality community nursing service to people with a learning disability and complex needs. This requires a specialist knowledge base on which to practice. To develop and evaluate a range of interventions and care plans. The post holder will take an active role in identifying and managing risk. To provide comprehensive specialist assessments to individuals with alearning disability. To work within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for the individual with a learning disability.
Education To work in accordance with Pennine Care Learning Disabilities policiesand procedures. Work in partnership with all members of the learning disabilities team to achieve Good Health objectives of Valuing People. To work collaboratively with primary care and secondary care services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met. Attend study days and in-service courses as required. Identify own training needs with assistance from Line Manager. Take personal responsibility for being professionally up-to-date. Be involved in the education of the community about people with learning disabilities. Participate in training programmes. Educate service users, carers and others involved in their care, including Health Action Planning, Health Facilitation, Learning Disability Awareness and Challenging Behaviour.The post holder must comply with and support the development of theperformance standards within the service/department to ensure theservice is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers.The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good workingrelationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors andwhere appropriate, members of the public.The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff,patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public. Toassist in achieving this objective it is essential that at all times, the postholder carries out their duties in a courteous, sympathetic andprofessional manner.All post holders who are members of a professional body must complywith standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holdersresponsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere tothese requirements and maintain their professional membership to therelevant body.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximumindependence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementingand evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers. Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gainmaximum benefit from available services, resources etc. Take responsibility for the management of a caseload. Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users,carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify andsupport Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities inaccordance with the recommendations of Valuing People A NewStrategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century.AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5 Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles of Valuing People A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century. Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting processes. Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing ofstandards.
Patient Care The post holder will be required to deliver a range of teaching sessions to individuals and carers of people with a learning disability. Support people with learning disabilities who may exhibit a range ofchallenging behaviours, which may include verbal and/or physicalaggression. Devise in conjunction with carers, families and other professionals,appropriate strategies to deal sensitively with the difficult to managebehaviours. To provide an efficient, timely, and high quality community nursing service to people with a learning disability and complex needs. This requires a specialist knowledge base on which to practice. To develop and evaluate a range of interventions and care plans. The post holder will take an active role in identifying and managing risk. To provide comprehensive specialist assessments to individuals with alearning disability. To work within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for the individual with a learning disability.
Education To work in accordance with Pennine Care Learning Disabilities policiesand procedures. Work in partnership with all members of the learning disabilities team to achieve Good Health objectives of Valuing People. To work collaboratively with primary care and secondary care services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met. Attend study days and in-service courses as required. Identify own training needs with assistance from Line Manager. Take personal responsibility for being professionally up-to-date. Be involved in the education of the community about people with learning disabilities. Participate in training programmes. Educate service users, carers and others involved in their care, including Health Action Planning, Health Facilitation, Learning Disability Awareness and Challenging Behaviour.The post holder must comply with and support the development of theperformance standards within the service/department to ensure theservice is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers.The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good workingrelationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors andwhere appropriate, members of the public.The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff,patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public. Toassist in achieving this objective it is essential that at all times, the postholder carries out their duties in a courteous, sympathetic andprofessional manner.All post holders who are members of a professional body must complywith standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holdersresponsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere tothese requirements and maintain their professional membership to therelevant body.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD) ? Good standard of general education
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification ? Training around Positive behavioural approaches
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within a community team for learning disabilities.
Knowledge
Essential
- Person centred approaches ? Commitment to multidisciplinary working ? Knowledge of using LD specialist assessment tools ? Knowledge of behavioural techniques /management ? Ability to deal with complex sensitive and distressing situations which may include challenging behaviour, abuse and breaking bad news. ? Knowledge and skills across a range of learning disability issues ? Knowledge of child protection and adult safeguarding.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills to support a range of activities ? Experience in supporting people with complex and challenging needs ? Experience in completing nursing assessments
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- A willingness to undertake appropriate and relevant additional training. ? Ability to keep yourself healthy in what at times will be an emotionally charged and challenging work. ? Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs ? Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies ? Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD) ? Good standard of general education
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification ? Training around Positive behavioural approaches
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within a community team for learning disabilities.
Knowledge
Essential
- Person centred approaches ? Commitment to multidisciplinary working ? Knowledge of using LD specialist assessment tools ? Knowledge of behavioural techniques /management ? Ability to deal with complex sensitive and distressing situations which may include challenging behaviour, abuse and breaking bad news. ? Knowledge and skills across a range of learning disability issues ? Knowledge of child protection and adult safeguarding.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills to support a range of activities ? Experience in supporting people with complex and challenging needs ? Experience in completing nursing assessments
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- A willingness to undertake appropriate and relevant additional training. ? Ability to keep yourself healthy in what at times will be an emotionally charged and challenging work. ? Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs ? Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies ? Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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
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).
