Learning Disability Access Practitioner

Job summary

The learning disabilities access team manages all referrals to the community learning disability services. Ensuring they are effectively and efficiently screened, prioritised and processed.

Access clinicians will ensure that an holistic core assessment will be completed for all referrals accepted to the service by them in keeping with the standards set out within the access pathway and referral exclusion criteria.

This will include identification of clinical risk, a full case history relevant to the reason for referral and physical health baseline checks.

Clinicians in the access team with review patients routinely who are waiting to be allocated for treatment on a clinical pathway and reprioritise them in response to an updated risk assessment; avoiding harm whilst waiting for treatment.

If necessary the Access Team clinicians will escalate concerns and arrange a multi-agency meeting (MAM) to mitigate risks and in turn avoid deterioration of mental and/or physical health; when necessary taking urgent and assertive action to avoid admission.

Successful applicants must hold a professional registration and must hold a driving license.

Contact Details: Sophie Wright, Clinical Team Lead, sophie.wright54@nhs.net, 07385557432

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Screening referrals to the learning disability community team to support timely clinical decision making ensuring the service referral criteria are met.
• Prioritise referrals using the threshold assessment grid, (TAG), including all required risk assessment tools.
• Undertake core assessments in person, by telephone or virtually to identify individuals health needs, agree an initial intervention plan with patient and/or carers and allocate to the appropriate clinical pathway; formalising the plan with the multidisciplinary team where necessary to secure highly specialised advice.
• Support the referral of individuals to the Risk of Admission Register (ROAR) and Dynamic Support pathway, (DSP) when required.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in the access team to ensure stages in the access pathway are appropriately resourced and supported.
• Provide information, support and guidance, and be a point of contact for service users, their carers and the referrer to ensure timely response in changes to clinical presentation and to support health and wellbeing.
• Undertake regular waiting list reviews, (virtually or by telephone) in line with the Access pathway, for all patients waiting for treatment identifying, escalating and mitigating emerging risks as required in order to avoid harm to patients whilst waiting for treatment.

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About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. 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 serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. 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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Winstanley Drive Health Centre

Winstanley Drive

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 1PB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Winstanley Drive Health Centre

Winstanley Drive

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 1PB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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