Band 6 Health Facilitation Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for creative and innovative people who possess excellent communication skills to join the city wide Health Facilitation Team, you will be based in the  north of the city working to improve access to mainstream primary and acute services. You will promote health enhancing activities to improve the outcomes for people with learning disabilities and will within the framework of level one and level two Health Facilitation.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for people with learning disabilities.

Contribute and facilitate in training and education to the wider health economy.

Maintain effective links with primary health care partners to support interventions to reduce health inequalities and supporting the implementation of health screening and health action plans.

To work in collaboration between primary and secondary services to adults with learning disabilities when accessing services.

To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers. To work within the framework of health facilitation (level one and two) and the framework of Transition. To co-ordinate a clinical service under the supervision of the Specialist Nurse – Health Facilitation

You will ensure effective communication between General Practitioners, Consultants and other members of the multi-disciplinary team and co-ordinate the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care interventions for individuals.

Liaising with all appropriate professionals, carers and Service User with regard to pre and post admission support to Primary Care and Acute services you will co-ordinate the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care interventions for individuals with learning disabilities requiring palliative care services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Facilitate the early identification of school leavers and communicate this information in a timely manner to the Multidisciplinary Team and focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services

You will work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist guidance to actively promote the delivery of health facilitation

You will manage a caseload under the supervision of the Specialist Nurse – Health Facilitation; and complete and facilitate Health Action Plans in conjunction with the Service User, MDT and relevant stakeholders.

You will assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review programmes of care and ensure measurable outcomes and discharges are efficiently and effectively carried out.