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    Community Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

    Whittington Health NHS Trust
    Whittington Health NHS Trust London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Job overview

    To work as an integral member of the Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership (HLDP), working across the mental health and physical pathway, monitoring and supporting individuals with a learning disability, and who may also have physical health needs, autism, or an additional mental health need and/or behaviours which challenge. The role involves supporting Service users and carers/providers to proactively address the mental and physical health needs, supporting access to mainstream services, ensuring robust risk management processes, and act as care-coordinator when required.

    Main duties of the job

    The post holder will be required to:

    Undertake a variety of assessments which inform the development of a person centered care plan and individual risk assessment.

    Participate in the Initial Assessment Service (IAS) or Transition Service, undertaking initial assessment of eligibility for the Learning disability service as required

    Undertake CPA care co-ordination; Working actively to co-ordinate complex cases, ensuring individual health needs are met, and reasonable adjustments are made

    Conduct assessments of people with learning disabilities who present with mental health and/or challenging behaviours and/or a range of complex physical health needs, to identify and support the design and implementation of appropriate interventions

    Provide advice and support to families, carers, health and social care professionals and service providers .

    To undertake and support capacity assessments, and best interest decision making

    Attend/chair a variety of meetings and participate in reviews, discharge panning meetings, and other meetings as appropriate.

    To provide additional support and or training when issues are challenging, evaluating how interventions are going

    Undertake and facilitate training and education as deemed appropriate

    Working for our organisation

    Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    The nurse practitioner will hold a designated caseload whilst being supported and supervised by a senior practitioner. The post holder will be required to conduct assessments of people with learning disabilities who present with profound multiple disabilities, underlying physical health problems, or who present with complex superimposed mental health problems and/or challenging behaviours, and when deemed appropriate co-ordinate care for a specified group of service users. Effective care planning, robust risk management, mental health monitoring, assessing capacity,

    and addressing health inequalities, health promotion, and reasonable adjustments, underpins all aspects of this role. The post holder will also be required to have a good understanding of Continuing Healthcare processes, and the Transforming Care Agenda to actively work to avoid hospital admissions. The post holder will participate in teaching and learning events, including positively supporting students on placement within the team.

    Person specification

    Basic Criteria

    Essential criteria

  • Have a wide range of experience working with people with learning disability
  • Experience of undertaking assessments
  • Has the ability to positively engage with service users, their carers and families
  • To have a working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and its application in practice
  • Maintain professional standards in keeping with the NMC
  • Experience of using person centered accessible communication strategies to enhance communication with and by people who have learning disabilities.
  • Has a good understanding of what constitutes abuse, and can report concerns in line with safeguarding prceedures
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good IT skills (to use email, powerpoint, excel, and word programmes)

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience in delivering training/teaching
  • Have experience of working within a community setting
  • Has experience/willingness to navigate and support people accessing healthcare, and overcoming barriers to access
  • Has experience of putting safeguards in place to prevent abuse and harm and take action when any behaviour undermines diversity and equality
  • Expereince of participating in Continuing healthcare assessments and/or screening processes
  • Experience of the CPA care co-ordination role

    • Professional

    Essential criteria

  • NMC registration
  • Registered Learning Disability Nurse

    • Education

    Essential criteria

  • Educated to diploma/degree level in nursing

    • Additional criteria

    Essential criteria

  • Evidence of ability to problem solve
  • An ability to recognise when a situation is beyond ones limits of competency
  • Willingness to learn and to continue with personal development

    • Practical skills

    Essential criteria

  • Ability to present information in visual or pictorial format
  • Good teaching and presentation skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to adopt a person centered approach
  • Ability to reflect on own practice, and adjust approach accordingly

    • Desirable criteria

  • Ability to reflect on previous situation
  • Good knowledge around overcoming barriers to accessing health care
  • Knowledge of the health problems that people with learning disabilities face
  • Experience using and applying the MCA in practice.
  • Involvement in best interest decision making

    • SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

    To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

  • Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
  • Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
  • Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
  • Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
  • Participate in required training and supervision.
  • Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

    • Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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