Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Herefordshire
Community Learning Disability Teams.
You will become part of a small but tenacious and committed team who are
passionate in ensuring that individuals with a learning disability receive
equitable health care alongside managing an effective caseload and maintaining
regular visits for service users and their carers.
The team are
currently involved in some exciting service developments including STOMP,
Dementia pathway, transitions pathways to better meet the needs of individuals
with learning disabilities. We welcome creativity, enthusiasm and ideas in this
team with a go for it attitude to best meet patients health needs.
You will
receive regular individual and group supervision, on-going CPD & training,
and support within this role to help further develop tour
skills and competencies in this specialist field.
We
offer flexible working and full equipment provided for home working. Due to the
rural landscape of the county, being a car driver is essential but there also
are good public transport links to the main base.
The Trust also supports its staff with a wide
range of benefits including car leasing, health and wellbeing support, carer
passports and staff networks e.g LGBTQ+ as you are important to us!
If
you would like to find out more about the role please call Bev Hardiman
Service Manager, to arrange an informal chat and even a visit if you would like
too. b.hardiman@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
- Actively manage an effective
caseload, maintaining regular visits for service users.
- Facilitate/teach
effective systems to carers to enable the transfer of skills required for the
management of service users healthcare needs.
- Facilitate Health
Action Plans for each service user on caseload, to enable access to the full
range of primary and secondary care services available.
- Promote and maintain
good working relationships and systems of effective communication through
liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals / agencies.
- Maintain accurate and
up to date clinical records in line with Trust/NMC standards of practice.
- Record activity to meet
the requirements of Patients Information Management System.
- Attend team and
multi-professional meetings as appropriate.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS
Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health
services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning
disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people
of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from
over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working
options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and
empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we
were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022
Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We
value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays,
increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced
pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working
opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and
adoption support
- Wide range of staff networks such
as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts and
online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice
schemes
- Health and wellbeing
opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure the process of referral,
assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care is efficiently and
effectively delivered with clear quality outcomes.
- Promote the values and
principles of person-centred planning
approaches, maintaining effective continuity of care.
- Undertake specialist
healthcare assessments, ensuring referral evaluation, data analysis and
intervention planning is identified to enable service access.
- Implementation,
monitoring, and evaluation of therapeutic nursing interventions based on a
comprehensive assessment using a recognized nursing model of care.
For
full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job
description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure the process of referral,
assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care is efficiently and
effectively delivered with clear quality outcomes.
- Promote the values and
principles of person-centred planning
approaches, maintaining effective continuity of care.
- Undertake specialist
healthcare assessments, ensuring referral evaluation, data analysis and
intervention planning is identified to enable service access.
- Implementation,
monitoring, and evaluation of therapeutic nursing interventions based on a
comprehensive assessment using a recognized nursing model of care.
For
full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job
description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNLD
- BSc in Community Health Studies or equivalent relevant experience
- Evidence of post registration training/qualifications
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Student mentorship
- NVQ Assessor
- Diploma in Epilepsy
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience as a practising Community Nurse
- Comprehensive assessments
- Cognitive therapy
- Nursing models / theories
- Therapeutic intervention planning
- Clinical governance initiatives/projects
- Child protection procedures
- Vulnerable adults procedures
- Health facilitation
- Clinical supervision/reflective practice.
- Mentor / supervisory role
- Monitoring and reviewing case management.
- Risk management strategies
- Research
- Audit / outcome measures
- Delivery of staff training
- Evidenced based clinical practice
- Non-aversive behavioural approach
- Cultural needs of minority groups
- Person centred approaches
Desirable
- Dual diagnosis
- Staff development reviews
- Person centred planning
- Primary care initiatives/projects etc
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers
- Good knowledge of making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities and vulnerabilities.
- A good level of knowledge of current policies and legislations that impact upon people with a learning disability.
- A good level of knowledge in a wide range of common health care conditions in people with learning and other disabilities and vulnerabilities including common long term conditions.
- Child protection and vulnerable adults procedures
- National guidelines re: role of Community Nurse
- Mental Health Act
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNLD
- BSc in Community Health Studies or equivalent relevant experience
- Evidence of post registration training/qualifications
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Student mentorship
- NVQ Assessor
- Diploma in Epilepsy
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience as a practising Community Nurse
- Comprehensive assessments
- Cognitive therapy
- Nursing models / theories
- Therapeutic intervention planning
- Clinical governance initiatives/projects
- Child protection procedures
- Vulnerable adults procedures
- Health facilitation
- Clinical supervision/reflective practice.
- Mentor / supervisory role
- Monitoring and reviewing case management.
- Risk management strategies
- Research
- Audit / outcome measures
- Delivery of staff training
- Evidenced based clinical practice
- Non-aversive behavioural approach
- Cultural needs of minority groups
- Person centred approaches
Desirable
- Dual diagnosis
- Staff development reviews
- Person centred planning
- Primary care initiatives/projects etc
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers
- Good knowledge of making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities and vulnerabilities.
- A good level of knowledge of current policies and legislations that impact upon people with a learning disability.
- A good level of knowledge in a wide range of common health care conditions in people with learning and other disabilities and vulnerabilities including common long term conditions.
- Child protection and vulnerable adults procedures
- National guidelines re: role of Community Nurse
- Mental Health Act
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).
