Community Learning Disability Nurse | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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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 |
Summary
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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