Community Learning Disability Nurse - Health Facilitation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
Community Learning Disability Nurse - Health Facilitation
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 12 May | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 011b92430ed34232a2dc377cbe88acee
Location ref: Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
Full Job Description
- To participate in the delivery of a countywide specialist Learning Disability nursing with a focus on reducing health inequalities, under the guidance of the lead Nurse.
- To provide professional supervision to other staff /students as appropriate including appraisal and professional development particularly mandatory training.
- To contribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of learning disability services, including contributing to defined projects as delegated by the LDP management team via the Lead Nurse.
- As an autonomous practitioner to manage a specialist case load providing assessment, identification and treatment of the health needs of adults with a learning disability.
- To participate in multi disciplinary/multi agency working within the LDP and with Key partners.
- The role will have a focus on health facilitation, health promotion and linking with primary, secondary health and neighbourhood teams to reduce health inequalities. Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence
- and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
- DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Are you an experienced Learning Disability nurse who is passionate about improving people's lives? We're looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Band 6 Senior Community Learning Disability Nurse with a focus on health facilitation.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Why not become a part of our outstanding service, where we pride ourselves on putting an individual's right to choice, independence, health and wellbeing at the centre of everything we do through our innovative multi-disciplinary approach. Our service works to implement the assessment and provision of person-centred specialist health and social care services that promote service users right to choose, in line with their assessed needs and in a way that enables them to reach their full potential. This role is both varied and challenging at times, but our innovating work in a multi-disciplinary setting allows you to have the very best support from a network of colleagues. So, what can we offer you in return? The successful applicant will benefit from generous annual leave entitlement, an NHS pension, as well as training opportunities and career progression.
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/community-learning-disability-nurse-health-facilitation-126830031