Registered Leaning Disability Nurse / Mental Health

Job overview

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust deliver a comprehensive pathway of trauma informed mental health and learning disability services across a multiple prison footprint.

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a registered learning disability nurse or neurodevelopmental conditions practitioner with an mental health nurse registration to join our team at HMP Forest Bank.

Our service aims to provide equitable access comparable to community provision and provide strong focus on developing a wellbeing culture within HMP Forest Bank.

The post holder will be an established and experienced registered learning disabilities nurse or registered mental health nurse with a neurodevelopmental conditions experience seeking to deliver a high standard of care to a diverse client group within HMP Forest Bank.   As such, the post holder will maintain a clinical caseload of services users within the prison estate, as part of the wider mental health team.

Main duties of the job

Assess, develop and implement care packages for service users within the framework of the CPA in conjunction with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Development and implementation of evidence based interventions in the management of service users with identified / suspected learning disability and / or neurodivergent needs.

Utilise enhanced learning disability nursing skills with forensic clients who are difficult to assess and engage due to the environment and their presentation.

Responsibility for the effective management of your own caseload and effectively utilise nursing skills and resources to provide high quality care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work in close partnership with other members of the intergrateed healthcare team in the prison.

• To complete service specified assessment tools within agreed timescales for those who are referred into the service.
• Assess, develop and implement care packages for service users within the framework of the CPA in conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines and is accountable for own professional practice.
• To manage a defined caseload of complex and challenging service users in custodial settings.
• Develop and implement evidence-based interventions in the management of service users with identified/ suspected learning disabilities.
• Ensure clinical effectiveness in working with patients, families and carers, including people who disengage from services, by facilitating engagement and therapeutic co-operation through the use of flexible and responsive engagement strategies which by the very nature of the client group can be complex and demanding.
• To maintain an up to date learning disabilities register, ensuring the completion of annual health checks for those with recognised learning disabilities.
• To provide training and advice for clinical and non-clinical staff, inclusive of training around learning disabilities, learning difficulties and autism awareness.

See attached job description and person specification.