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Community Learning Disability Nurse | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 25 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 May 2024
Location: Blackpool, FY1 3AH
Company: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6219476/382-FICC126-24

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Summary

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Community Integrated Learning Disability Team. The Post holder will work as part of the Joint Health and Social Services Community

Learning Disability Team.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who have excellent values, interpersonal and communication skills. You should be innovative, person centred and committed to improving outcomes for people with a learning disability across health, social care and third sector services.


The team offers an integrated specialist health and social care service to people with a learning disability and their carers, living in community settings. You will carry a caseload and work as an allocated nurse to service users with complex health needs. You will have experience of completing health assessments and person centred health actions plans and will be able to facilitate and support ongoing access to healthcare.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, and offers a full range of district hospital services and community health services to this population.

Commitment to undertake ongoing in-service training and development is essential. You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change. Our commitment to you is to provide the environment for this to happen and ensure that you are part of our defined preceptorship programme.


If you are motivated to deliver high standards of care and have the personal qualities and characteristics as outlined in the Blackpool person then this could be the post for you.


To participate in the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of programme of care for people with a learning disability

To liaise effectively with primary care teams and all professional agencies in the development and planning of care for the person with a learning disability

To use specialist knowledge effectively, informing clients and carers about clinical aspects of learning disability

Attend and contribute to PCP's and joint assessment meetings by being the client's facilitator and providing verbal/written reports of the clients needs

To be personally accountable for professional and ethical action and ensure compliance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust policies and procedures.




This advert closes on Thursday 9 May 2024

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