Consultant Nurse Autism | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,387 - £80,465 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2025 |
| Location: | Camberwell, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6827392/334-NUR-6827392-LF |
Summary
Over the last two years the Trust has coproduced an all-age Autism Strategy, with involvement from 80 staff members and 16 service users and carers. In addition, almost 200 people contributed to the wider consultation. We are determined to learn from lived experiences and insights to improve the way we work with all autistic service users and carers and autistic colleagues in the future.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Nurse Consultant for Autism
The post will lead the delivery of the Trust Autism strategy in conjunction with other clinicians.
The post holder will provide specialist clinical input Trust-wide to all age inpatient wards in relation to patients with a diagnosis of Autism including support with least restrictive care. Provide outreach and offer support to clinical teams developing plans of care .
The Post holder will be expected to work across the directorates to set standards and implement best practice in line with both national and international evidence.
the post holder will have a strong commitment to collaborative working across the multi-professional team, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to use these to influence with a range of stakeholders within and external to the organisation are essential requirements for the role.
We welcome your application if you are a highly motivated, hard-working and reflective nurse, who places nursing at the forefront of high quality, safe and effective practice.
The main duties of the job are to provide professional strategic leadership, role and expert consultancy on all aspects of clinical practice in Autism . leading the delivery of the Trust all age Autism Strategy and be responsible for its advisory board; linking with key stakeholders in operational Directorates to ensure delivery is on plan. Support and provide solutions to Implementation. Provide assurance to Trust Board via Quality Committee. With the overall aim of improving life expectancy and experience of autistic patients promote integration and social inclusion Provide highly specialized professional and clinical advice and support to colleagues where standard protocols do not apply to ensure that our mental health services are safe, effective, accessible and high quality for all. To offer support and guidance to services to enable patients to have safe and effective transition from child and adult services.
This will be delivered via the following elements
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Service Development
• Patient Experience
• Training and Workforce Development.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Research.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Organisational Learning.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer; we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity.
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
Key Responsibilities:
The post holder will have responsibility in four main areas:
Professional Leadership & Consultancy – analyse, synthesise and evaluate practice: - provide highly specialist expert advice and consultation at local and national levels on the identification, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based interventions in the health care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
Expert Practice - demonstrate highly advanced clinical skills, expert practice, knowledge, training and experience in relation to the health care needs of people with learning disabilities. Ability to identify risks and benefits of new developments in area of practice and provide clinical supervision to others.
Service, Practice and Policy Development – work closely with management and clinical teams to translate the national strategic vision and other relevant practice and policy documents into local strategic delivery plans. To support the development, improvement, and delivery of services across the patient.
Education, Training, Research and Development – identify the education and training needs of various disciplines of staff, in particular those non specialist health service staff that provide care and treatment to people with learning disabilities; work with relevant agencies, NHS England and, higher education institutions and education providers to influence, develop and deliver appropriate teaching, learning and education at local and national levels; work with relevant stakeholders to influence the research agenda at local and national levels; actively participate in relevant research activity in the clinical field and support other clinical staff to develop their research knowledge and skills.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Jan 2025