B5 Community Learning Disability Nurse
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Date: 19 hours ago
City: Aylesbury, England
Contract type: Full time
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurse. The post holder will be a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary learning disability health team, working with a team of learning disability nurses. We aim to provide a high-quality nursing service across the county of Buckinghamshire, providing care in line with our clinical care pathways. This post is suitable for newly qualified nurses.
Identify the health needs of people with learning disability referred to the service, using specialist clinical skills and knowledge in the following areas: epilepsy, dementia, mental health, behaviour difficulties, autism, syndrome specific health needs, medication and complex health needs associated with learning disability.
Undertake nursing assessment, specialist mental health and learning disability assessments (initially under supervision), care planning and evaluation, and risk assessment and management.
Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.
Ability to plan and organize own workload, ensuring the needs of service users are met, alongside completing training and learning.
Travel across the county is required; the post holder will need to be able to drive to carry out domiciliary visits, attend meetings and training, and occasionally cover for colleagues on other sites.
Participation in regular supervision.
Consideration of the health and safety, well-being, and interests of those who come in to contact with the team.
Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
Ensure that all Trust-wide and local policies are implemented.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
Our Trust Values Are
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sherry Forchione Job title: Nursing Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01296 387516
Identify the health needs of people with learning disability referred to the service, using specialist clinical skills and knowledge in the following areas: epilepsy, dementia, mental health, behaviour difficulties, autism, syndrome specific health needs, medication and complex health needs associated with learning disability.
Undertake nursing assessment, specialist mental health and learning disability assessments (initially under supervision), care planning and evaluation, and risk assessment and management.
Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.
Ability to plan and organize own workload, ensuring the needs of service users are met, alongside completing training and learning.
Travel across the county is required; the post holder will need to be able to drive to carry out domiciliary visits, attend meetings and training, and occasionally cover for colleagues on other sites.
Participation in regular supervision.
Consideration of the health and safety, well-being, and interests of those who come in to contact with the team.
Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
Ensure that all Trust-wide and local policies are implemented.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
Our Trust Values Are
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sherry Forchione Job title: Nursing Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01296 387516
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