Community Learning Disability Nurse Band: 7 Full Time: 37.5Base: Community Learning Disability Service Mile End Hospital London E1 4DG
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 vacancy opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 specialist nurse within our Mental health and Behavioural Support team. This team focusses upon supporting people with learning disabilities who have enduring mental health problems and/or require specialist interventions around behaviours that others find challenging.
You will be expected to:
To use advanced specialist 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 in a person-centred approach to promote choice, independence and inclusion,
To facilitate the access to health care services through collaborative and partnership working in developing shared care with primary and secondary health services e.g., GP Link Role, Nurse Lead Epilepsy Clinic, and Sexual Relationship & Health Promotion etc.
To contribute to shaping local health services (e.g., development of local protocols and policies), promoting an inclusive service for people with learning disabilities.
This role involves undertaking assessments of individual’s potential eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding in accordance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare.
You will have substantial knowledge of the health and social needs of individuals with learning disabilities: awareness of current legislation and best practice in the field of learning disability nursing.
To work collaboratively with the Lead Nurse to provide a high standard of clinical leadership to staff within the Community Nursing Team to ensure effective multi-disciplinary working.
To lead on transforming care and to offer consultation to inpatient wards.
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Dec 2024