Job summary
Employer heading
Band 5 Community Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you passionate about Learning Disability Nursing
Do you want to be part of a service which received the following feedback from service users/families
- We precisely explained what we are required to
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We were welcoming, helpful and very friendly with a warm smile
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We know we are so lucky to have a LD nurse who goes above and beyond for us.
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The NHS aren’t praised enough for the good work they do for people, in challenging times when it is in crisis and broken in so many areas.
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Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts and please forward this to you’re managers. Have a well earned peaceful weekend
Are you interested in being part of our journey towards providing local Learning Disability services at a local level?
We offer flexible working and encourage newly qualified staff to apply a well as staff with experience. We actively support staff in training and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers. To develop skills and knowledge within the framework of level one and two health facilitation.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To manage an active caseload, maintaining regular visits to all allocated patients with appropriate supervision.
To focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services.
Person specification
Qualifications/training
Essential criteria
- RNLD/RNMH
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Post registration experience
- Relevant experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Assessment process
- Understanding of diversity
- Awareness of legislation affecting learning disabilities
- Level 1 Health facilitation
- Care Programme approach process
Desirable criteria
- Information Technology
- Level 2 health facilitation
- Knowledge of Care coordination
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
- Melissa Baker
- Job title
- Operational Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 3900
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