Specialist Physiotherapist - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Acute Liaison Nurse posts within secondary care at University Hospital of Wales. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate effective working with multiagency colleagues and advocate for the needs of patients with learning disability.

The primary focus of the role will be to support acute hospital staff in the effective delivery of person centred care to patients with a learning disability. As a first point of contact the post holder will provide expert advice, professional support, guidance and education to the multi-professional teams, partner agencies, patients and carers. You must have the ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to prioritise and manage your own workload.

You must be committed to advocating for the rights of vulnerable people and act as a role model at all times.

The post holder will be line managed from the Community Team where they will also receive clinical supervision from the Lead nurse, however they will be based within the hospital environment.

Main duties of the job

The post is for a Band 6 Acute Liaison Learning Disability Nurse who will be based in University Hospital of Wales to facilitate reasonable adjustments to enable people to access health care. The role will involve training up staff within the hospital in the use of the Hospital Care Bundle, communicating with and assessing people who have a Learning Disability, what making reasonable adjustments entails, supporting the person and their carer's and liaising with the wider MDT in the community.

The role will require collaboration with colleagues in neighbouring Health Boards to ensure audit and data collection is comparable and links to Improving Lives driver of better outcomes for people accessing hospital.

The post holder will be line managed from the Community Team where they will also receive clinical supervision from the Lead nurse, however they will be based within the hospital environment.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will work closely, in a collaborative way with colleagues across acute and secondary care providers to develop ways of identifying and responding effectively to meeting the needs of people with Learning Disabilities who are admitted to services. The post holder will be creative and dynamic in relation to promoting and championing the rights of people with learning disabilities to access healthcare.

The postholder will support colleagues in acute and secondary care to assess people with learning disabilities referred to the service, and will provide advice and guidance to hospital staff regarding:

Making reasonable adjustments within the hospital environment.

Managing behaviour which may challenge services

Additional complex health needs experienced by individuals

The postholder will act as a resource for hospital staff and will provide education and training to raise the profile of people with Learning Disabilities and ensure that their health needs are met.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable