Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the health, wellbeing and outcomes of adults with learning disabilities?
Are you:
Dynamic, forward-thinking and looking for your next challenge?
An experienced leader?
A skilled communicator and an effective problem solver?
Passionate about providing excellent care?
We are looking for an experienced registered Learning Disability Nurse with the above passion and skill set to be a registered nurse manager within learning disability short breaks service. Come and join us and experience the difference that we can make together.
The role will involve leading and contributing to the effective provision of services to people with a learning disability and additional needs e.g. autism.
Using your broad range of communication skills and an evidence-based approach to care, you will work directly with individuals that use the service, their families and the people who support them in the assessment and planning processes including supporting people with complex and changing health care needs.
Together with the Community Matron you will develop the nursing service within the designated Community Learning Disability Service to manage the waiting list and referrals through allocation of work, supervision and support.
You will provide professional support to the respective Health Manager of the designated Community Adult Learning Disability Service.
Main duties of the job
To operationally manage the service providing short breaks and some outreach support to learning disabled people who present complex and challenging behaviour and Autism. The post holder will manage and supervise staff and ensure agreed assessments and programs of care are implemented following a positive behavior support model (PBS).
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse in Learning Disability
- Extensive work with adults with learning disabilities
- Masters level or equivalent level of significant relevant experience
- Up to date mentorship qualification and sign off
Desirable
- Further training in the assessment and management of behavioural challenges.
- Advanced leadership and managerial qualification
- Community specialist practitioner
- NVQ Level 5 or equivalent and have experience at senior level of running and managing a residential or care home setting.
Skills
Essential
- Has an understanding of: - equal opportunity issues. - The need to treat people with equal respect - Prepared to carry out all duties in accordance with equal opportunities.
- The ability and motivation to promote Person Centred Planning
- The ability to communicate & negotiate verbally and in writing with a variety of people including service-users, service-users families, members of the team and other professions.
- The ability to maintain high quality effective methods of communication.
- The ability to identify the training needs of the management and staff teams.
- The ability to develop the management team.
- The ability to ensure that agreed standards are achieved and monitored.
- The ability to use a range of resources to evaluate service delivery.
- The ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs/care plans for service-user.
- The ability to assess and develop management plans to minimise potential risk.
- The ability to provide regular and comprehensive supervision and PDRs to staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to work within the Services Policies & Procedures.
- Health issues pertaining to learning disabled adults.
- Positive behaviour support and the mental health act
Desirable
- Trained in the use of physical intervention/ least restrictive practice
Skills
Essential
- The ability to establish and maintain effective administration systems.
- The ability to effectively manage financial transactions made on behalf of or to support service users and the department.
- Driving Licence
Desirable
- Access to a vehicle to commute between bases.
Experience
Essential
- To have worked with people who have complex needs and behaviours that challenges the service.
- To have had experience in managing a service for people with learning disabilities in the absence of a manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse in Learning Disability
- Extensive work with adults with learning disabilities
- Masters level or equivalent level of significant relevant experience
- Up to date mentorship qualification and sign off
Desirable
- Further training in the assessment and management of behavioural challenges.
- Advanced leadership and managerial qualification
- Community specialist practitioner
- NVQ Level 5 or equivalent and have experience at senior level of running and managing a residential or care home setting.
Skills
Essential
- Has an understanding of: - equal opportunity issues. - The need to treat people with equal respect - Prepared to carry out all duties in accordance with equal opportunities.
- The ability and motivation to promote Person Centred Planning
- The ability to communicate & negotiate verbally and in writing with a variety of people including service-users, service-users families, members of the team and other professions.
- The ability to maintain high quality effective methods of communication.
- The ability to identify the training needs of the management and staff teams.
- The ability to develop the management team.
- The ability to ensure that agreed standards are achieved and monitored.
- The ability to use a range of resources to evaluate service delivery.
- The ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs/care plans for service-user.
- The ability to assess and develop management plans to minimise potential risk.
- The ability to provide regular and comprehensive supervision and PDRs to staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to work within the Services Policies & Procedures.
- Health issues pertaining to learning disabled adults.
- Positive behaviour support and the mental health act
Desirable
- Trained in the use of physical intervention/ least restrictive practice
Skills
Essential
- The ability to establish and maintain effective administration systems.
- The ability to effectively manage financial transactions made on behalf of or to support service users and the department.
- Driving Licence
Desirable
- Access to a vehicle to commute between bases.
Experience
Essential
- To have worked with people who have complex needs and behaviours that challenges the service.
- To have had experience in managing a service for people with learning disabilities in the absence of a manager.
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).
