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The Sirona Adult Learning Disability Health (ALDH) Service is a centre of excellence for specialist learning disability health needs.

We cover 6 localities where multidisciplinary teams enable our service users to access health services through direct care, liaison with other services and offering support and training on how to work with people who have a learning disability and how to make reasonable adjustments. The service prides itself on delivering high quality support to service users with a variety of physical and mental health issues alongside their Learning Disability.

All staff are required to use a range of communication and listening skills to work effectively with our service users.

Where necessary you will be required to work at other bases or work remotely from home.

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You will support the Services Manager to provide overall strategic management, business planning and development of the BNSSG-wide Adult Learning Disability Health Service (ALDHS). 

You will lead the Health Facilitation team within the ALDHS, working collaboratively with your Clinical and Operational Lead colleagues within other functions of the service and with senior clinicians in the planning, provision, improvement and development of services. 

The Health Facilitation team provides specialist learning disability support encompassing:

• Direct care to patients including providing personalised planned interventions to support people to remain safe, well and as independent as possible in their own homes;
• Education and training to health care professionals across the pathway  
• Developing the focal point for responsive, high quality clinical advice in the out of hospital system, closely integrated with primary and secondary care specialties ensuring a seamless service.
• Promoting self-care, providing good quality patient information and encouraging peer led improvements
• Delivering service improvements resulting from key themes from LedeR, as well as other projects and training to improve the health outcomes for the learning disability population.
• Facilitating access to acute hospital care for people with a learning disability and / or autism to the acute hospitals within the BNSSG (acute liaison team)  

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.