Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work)
- Job ref
- 333-J-LD-0254
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Kingswood Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 pa annum inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Unit Manager & PBS Lead
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Nurse to join our Multidisciplinary team within the Assessment and Treatment Units at the Kingswood Centre in the London borough of Brent. This is an ideal opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse who would like to gain experience in Learning Disability Inpatient unit in London. This is a unique opportunity to develop specialist skills and knowledge in the areas of Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma Informed Care within learning disabilities, in addition to working collaboratively with the wider MDT in embedding these approaches across our units. The post holder will play in integral role within the MDT, providing specialist assessment and treatment services on our adult ward. All service users have a dual diagnosis of learning disabilities, mental illness and/or behaviours that challenge.
This is a front-line post which involves face to face work with services users. The post-holder will require a degree of professional autonomy and the ability to work well in a team. We recognise that Band 6s are often the backbone of our clinical teams and we will therefore support your development both clinically and managerially. You will have regular supervision, have opportunities to supervise staff, be a student educator and have access to both internal and external training. The post holder will work collaboratively with professional colleagues, families and external agencies to deliver person-centred care for the adults.
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Main duties of the job
- Positive Behaviour Support Leadership
- To contribute to the development, monitoring and evaluation of Positive Behaviour Support Plans in partnership with referred person and MDT .
- To ensure the effective implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans while the person is an inpatient on the unit, ensuring all parties are working towards shared person centred goals, including skills developments and environmental changes that can improve the person’s quality of life.
- To ensure that Positive Behavioural Support Plans focus on improvements in quality of life as both an intervention and an outcome
- Deputy Ward Manager
- To assist the unit manager in providing first line management in order to fulfil the operational objectives of the unit
- To assist the manager in providing clinical leadership to the nursing team
- To provided supervision to junior staff
- To assist the unit manager in ensuring that the operation of the unit is within existing policies and procedures
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to involve staff at all levels in the development of the organisation.
Managers should ensure that staff are encouraged and involved in organisational and service developments including business planning and they are able to influence discussions, which affect them and their working conditions.
All managers should engender a culture of openness and inclusion so that staff feel free to contribute and voice concerns. They should develop and implement communication systems that ensure staff are well informed and have an opportunity to feedback their views.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Positive Behaviour Support Leadership
- To contribute to the development, monitoring and evaluation of Positive Behaviour Support Plans in partnership with referred person and MDT .
- To ensure the effective implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans while the person is an inpatient on the unit, ensuring all parties are working towards shared person centred goals, including skills developments and environmental changes that can improve the person’s quality of life.
- To ensure that Positive Behavioural Support Plans focus on improvements in quality of life as both an intervention and an outcome
- Deputy Ward Manager
- To assist the unit manager in providing first line management in order to fulfil the operational objectives of the unit
- To assist the manager in providing clinical leadership to the nursing team
- To provided supervision to junior staff
- To assist the unit manager in ensuring that the operation of the unit is within existing policies and procedures
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – Learning Disability or Mental Health
- Physical Intervention training
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Further training in functional analysis, applied behavioral analysis, autism or learning disability relevant to working with people whose behavior challenges others
- Mentor qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent/ Completed Mentorship Course
- Post graduate qualification related to learning disability, autism or positive behaviour support
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of managing clinical practice at Band 5 or equivalent level.
- Demonstrable experience of managing people
- Experience of implementing and monitoring standards of car
- Experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice.
- Experience of Clinical Governance including auditing.
- Experience of inpatient services and working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of providing supervision to staff & mentoring students
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Experience of working with people with complex emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Experience of working within a positive behaviour support model
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with other client groups and of using a variety of models and approaches to care
- Experience of managing non-clinical staff and other professionals.
- Experience of staff performance management.
- Experience of development, assessment, application, and evaluation of behaviour support plans using Applied Behaviour Analysis/ Positive Behaviour Support in practice
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in developing and changing clinical practice.
- Ability to present ideas with clarity and in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing including IT literacy (MS Office) to a range of audiences, including people with learning disability/autistic people
- Ability to negotiate and reach compromises in verbal discussions in a manner which inspires confidence and respect from others.
- Ability to build and maintain high standards of professional links and communication channels with a variety of personnel and agencies.
- Ability to enthuse others, co-ordinate and motivate a team
- Ability to manage own time effectively and to produce pieces of work on time and to a high standard.
- Ability to delegate appropriately.
- Ability to organise and plan ahead effectively.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and managing risk.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with staff across a wide range of professional and managerial groups
- Ability to work in a non-aversive person centred way
- Effective teaching and training skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to present complex information to various audiences.
- Change management
- Ability to support, manage and advise the team through difficult and challenging situations
- Ability to build and lead effectively, a large multi-skilled team.
- Ability to manage conflict effectively
- Knowledge of behavioural theory and skills in implementing behavioural support plans
Personal
Essential criteria
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
- communication skills. -Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
- Able to prioritize own workload
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gloria Achiekwelu
- Job title
- Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 238 0900
- Additional information
Therese Cahir can also be contacted via email on:
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
London
NW6 5FA
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