Community Learning Disability Nurse - Complex Physical Health

Job overview

** Previous Applicants Need Not Apply **

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a learning disability nurse to work as a Community Nurse in Complex Physical Health within Bromley. You will be part of a small team of motivated nurses supporting people with their physical health.

This is a full-time post based at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup. We will consider those applicants who would like flexible working hours and potential job share.

As Learning Disability nurses, we are fully committed to addressing the health inequalities faced by adults with a learning disability, and are passionate about overcoming these barriers. We would welcome applications from Learning Disability nurses who share this passion and want to make a difference to the lives of adults with a learning disability. We work as a multi-disciplinary service and alongside other stakeholders to improve health, and reduce the risk of hospital admission and premature death for our service users.

We offer a range of training and development opportunities both within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and externally. You will receive regular supervision and join our learning disability nursing council across three boroughs.

Bromley is the large borough with poor public transport links, the post holder should  be a car driver with access to a vehicle or equivalent mobility to carry out duties across the borough.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work in the Bromley CLDT Complex Physical Health in Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.
• The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues.
• They will provide holistic, high calibre, evidence based, skilled nursing care, assessments, and interventions.
• The post holder will be expected to facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work, with clients and carers as needed.
• The post holder will support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them.
• The post holder will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services.
• The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
• The post holder will have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and multi-cultural communities.
• The post holder should demonstrate a broad knowledge of the  requirements of the NMC, the Trust and government policies and legislation and their application to practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
• Builds on skills in assessing, implementing and critically evaluating intervention outcomes to maintain and improve the physical well-being of service users.
• Advise and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
• Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in ‘Valuing People’ (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
• Demonstrates existing relevant skills of working with adults with a learning disability and complex physical health needs through previous experience and applies these to the role being applied for.
• Demonstrates a commitment to develop appropriate leadership skills as nurse, acting as a role model to junior staff team members.
• Contributes to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based nursing care.
• Ensures accountability in practice, in line with the NMC code.
• Employ health promotion techniques to develop the overall health and well-being of service users and prevent avoidable illness.
• Liaises with multi-disciplinary colleagues and other professionals/agencies in order to address issues that create barriers to social well-being and reports on unmet need and obstacles to senior colleagues.