Band 6 Cns Learning Disabilities - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Band 6 Learning Disabilities Clinical Nurse Specialist - Vulnerabilities

Full time 37:5 hrs Monday to Friday Fixed term/secondment 2 years

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities to join the Vulnerabilities Team.

You will form part of the Vulnerabilities Team, who are a passionate and dedicated team of Learning Disability, Mental Health, General nurses and Dementia Specialists Nurses; You must be an enthusiastic, passionate and motivated Nurse who has transferable skills and expertise.

To work as part of the team in shaping and transforming acute hospital care and experience for patients with a Learning Disability, and or Autism, Mental Health Conditions, Dementia, or for those who have sensory impairment or loss.

Your case load will be diverse as we work collaboratively to meet the health needs of this group of individuals attending the hospital, either as an inpatient or outpatient to ensure that their holistic care needs are met, by providing and supporting specialist intervention, adopting a person centered approach to optimize health and wellbeing, strive to address health inequalities and empower individuals to have independence, choice and control.

The post requires a flexible approach and requires the individual to work across sites depending on service demand/Pressure therefore car driver is essential.

Contact Julia Jackson Lead Nurse Vulnerabilities for further information.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:

The role is diverse; and you will be required to review and assess patients, liaise, support and teach staff, implement new ways of working, support reasonable adjustments, work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers and a wide range of Healthcare professionals when planning admissions, during inpatient care through to discharge to ensure a positive experience.

You will be required to work Trust wide/ across all sites, acting as a role model, sharing expertise across multi-disciplinary teams.

Therefore, you will need excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, you will need to be able to work as part of a team or on your own.

You will need to be resilient to an ever changing workload be able to prioritize and manage the workload, and ensure a high standard of clinical care is delivered to the patients under our care

We welcome applicants who have a current NMC registration RGN/ RSCN RNLD or RNMH, with knowledge and experience of working with Adults children and young people with learning disabilities/ mental health conditions/Dementia or communication difficulties and or and complex needs

There are 4 main inpatient sites across the Trust and you will be expected to travel between sites, therefore a car driver is essential.

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description:

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:

Essential:

Registered Nurse Learning Disability on the NMC Register
Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6

Experience:

Essential:

Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Significant post registration experience. with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area of specialist practice
Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing profess