Adult Community Learning Disability Nurse

Job overview

To be a core member of a multidisciplinary team in the Learning Disability Service, promoting the health and well-being of people with learning disabilities, helping them to become valued members of the community and to achieve maximum independence. The individual will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team working in community settings with service users, their families and their carers’. This involves working unsupervised in the homes of service users and other community settings. This post involves working with people who are vulnerable, have communication difficulties and may have challenging behaviour. The post holder will be supported to manage a caseload

Main duties of the job

Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximum independence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers.

• Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gain maximum benefit from available services, resources etc.
• Take responsibility for the management of a caseload.
• Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users, carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify and support Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities in accordance with the recommendations of “Valuing People – A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”. AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5
• Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles of “Valuing People – A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”.
• Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting processes.
• Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing of standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Give a high standard of specialist nursing care to those people referred to the learning disability team and to assist them to attain maximum independence and quality of life by; assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care and Health Action Plans in conjunction with service users / carers.
• Offer support to families and service users in order for them to gain maximum benefit from available services, resources etc.
• Take responsibility for the management of a caseload.
• Undertake a range of assessments in conjunction with service users, carers / families, using a person centred approach and identify and support Health Facilitators for people with learning disabilities in accordance with the recommendations of “Valuing People – A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”. AFC 23/05/17 JME-106-17 Community LD Nurse Band 5
• Provide a quality service in line with service philosophy and the principles of “Valuing People – A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century”.
• Contribute to the Risk Management and Critical Incident Analysis reporting processes.
• Be involved in the setting, monitoring, maintaining and auditing of standards.

Patient Care

• The post holder will be required to deliver a range of teaching sessions to individuals and carers of people with a learning disability.
• Support people with learning disabilities who may exhibit a range of challenging behaviours, which may include verbal and/or physical aggression.
• Devise in conjunction with carers, families and other professionals, appropriate strategies to deal sensitively with the difficult to manage behaviours.
• To provide an efficient, timely, and high quality community nursing service to people with a learning disability and complex needs. This requires a specialist knowledge base on which to practice.
• To develop and evaluate a range of interventions and care plans.
• The post holder will take an active role in identifying and managing risk.
• To provide comprehensive specialist assessments to individuals with a learning disability.
• To work within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for the individual with a learning disability.

Education

• To work in accordance with Pennine Care Learning Disabilities policies and procedures.
• Work in partnership with all members of the learning disabilities team to achieve “Good Health” objectives of “Valuing People”.
• To work collaboratively with primary care and secondary care services to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
• Attend study days and in-service courses as required.
• Identify own training needs with assistance from Line Manager.
• Take personal responsibility for being professionally up-to-date.
• Be involved in the education of the community about people with learning disabilities.
• Participate in training programmes.
• Educate service users, carers and others involved in their care, including Health Action Planning, Health Facilitation, Learning Disability Awareness and Challenging Behaviour.The post holder must comply with and support the development of the performance standards within the service/department to ensure the service is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers. The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good working relationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors and where appropriate, members of the public. The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff, patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public. To assist in achieving this objective it is essential that at all times, the post holder carries out their duties in a courteous, sympathetic and professional manner. All post holders who are members of a professional body must comply with standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holders’ responsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to these requirements and maintain their professional membership to the relevant body.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.