Bank Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Bank Band 6 Community Learning Disability Nurse.

We work with individuals and their carers with Learning Disabilities that have health needs relating to their mental health, physical health, behavioural needs and other interventions to promote healthy lifestyle and well-being.

The Community Learning Disability Nurses work closely with SALT, OT, Psychology, Physiotherapy, LD Outreach, LD Forensic and Psychiatry teams to provide holistic and collaborative care for our patients.

The team work hard to ensure that patients living in the community are able to manage their mental and physical health, ensuring they are able to access the necessary level of support from all health care providers and services.

If you are seeking flexible working patterns for when you are available to work, please apply to the Community Learning Disability Team.

Our core hours are from 08:30-16:30 Mon-Fri- we can offer flexibility within these times, with half-days or less considered for the right candidates.

This exciting opportunity to join our well established MDT has arisen due to career progression.

We are looking to recruit nurses who are passionate about meeting the holistic health needs of people with Learning Disabilities and addressing health and inequalities that are prevalent within this cohort of patients.

Own car is essential for this role as you will be travelling to visit patients, public transport is not suitable for this role.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating evidenced-based care to a individuals with a diagnosis of LD, ASD and behaviours that may be challenging those that care for our patients.
Act as a clinical and professional role model, assessing and supporting students and learners on placement within the clinical area.
The role can involve dealing with and supporting highly distressed people. Your skills and experience as highlighted in the Person and Job specifications attached to this vacancy will be key.
You will be required to complete physical health checks -depot injections -metabolic monitoring of patients on anti-psychotic medication, and provide support to carers and families.
There will be opportunities to contribute to wider team quality improvements.
To support the management of the caseload including allocation and waiting lists.
You will work closely with the Band 7 and deputise as and where required.

There will be a variety of settings and opportunities for bank staff across the whole of the nursing community specialist nursing offer.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

03 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-23-1075

Job locations

Winstanley Drive Health Centre

138 Winstanley Drive

Leicester

LE3 1PB

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration:
Registered Learning disability or Mental Health Nurse
Demonstrates initiative and potential ability to work without direct supervision problem solve and prioritise

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration:
Registered Learning disability or Mental Health Nurse
Demonstrates initiative and potential ability to work without direct supervision problem solve and prioritise

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.