Community Learning Disability Nurse - Adults

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”.

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

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.