- Raising awareness of learning disability and its influence on an individual's health and wellbeing.
- Contribute to the education, training and development of other clinical staff and partner agencies.
- Supporting and developing the Green Light Champions within the service.
- Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision, and consultation within CAMHS.
- Provide expert advice, support, and guidance to others around expertise in response to requests from individuals, teams, and partner agencies.
- Provide the appropriate interventions to patients with learning disabilities experiencing mental illness (incorporating NICE Guidelines).
- Work with assistant psychologists and wider therapies team to monitor the prevalence of LD&A within the whole eating disorders service line and ensure this is reported and recorded correctly within our clinical system.
- Review and update all service literature to ensure it is fit for purpose with those who access the service and require reasonable adjustments.
- Embed and utilise the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework to support to people with learning disabilities who are at risk of behaviour that challenges.
- Support with triage and signposting within the eating disorders service to ensure those with LD&A needs are being met.
- Build links with existing services such as Community Paediatrics, NCH&C and LD CAMHS across Norfolk & Waveney who support young people with LD&A.
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
- Nursing degree or equivalent in Learning Disability or Mental Health, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Sign-off Mentor.
- Good to great management course, or equivalent
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
- Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
- Experience in supporting service development
- Ability to travel independently
Senior Community Learning Disability Nurse - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
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B6 Senior Community Learning Disability & Autism Nurse
"The mission of the Norfolk & Waveney Eating Disorders service is to build meaningful, therapeutic relationships with young people and their families. Instilling hope, enabling change, and supporting recovery."
We are delighted to be recruiting a Senior Community Learning Disability & Autism Nurse to our Eating Disorders service line which includes our services in Norwich, West Norfolk and Great Yarmouth and Waveney. This also includes our Day treatment service, The Light House, and the Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Team (ARFID).
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative service line, to which we aim to enhance our current provision. Our aim is to improve the experience of care for young people with identified learning disabilities, autism, and diagnosable eating disorders / difficulties within our identified population.
The post will be Band 6, full time, fixed term for 18 months with the base being identified as our Central site in Hellesdon, however the candidate would be expected to travel to our other localities.
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About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
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