Community Learning Disability Team - London, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Community Learning Disability Service provides integrated specialist health and social care to adults with learning disabilities in Tower Hamlets.

Additionally, the service is responsible for the provision of a specialist day activity hub - CREATE.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for within the Community Health and wellbeing Team and the Mental health Behavioural team for two band 6 nurses to complement the team.

You will be expected to:

To use nursing skills in working with people with learning disabilities to maintain, promote and improve health.
To support people with learning disabilities to develop their full potential by reducing the impact of their impairment, that could limit their social inclusion.
To facilitate access to health services through collaboration and partnership with primary and secondary health, and other relevant services.
To use a personcentred approach to promote choice, independence and inclusion, reflecting the key principles of Valuing People (DOH 2002)
To contribute to shaping local health services in the way they are organised and run to promote an inclusive service for people with learning disabilities
The role involves undertaking reviews of individuals potential eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding in accordance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve

Our values are:

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.