Job overview

A unique and rare opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 RNLD Nursing Team Lead  to join the Learning Disability Service. 

You will work as one of two B7 Nursing Leads within the Community Team for People with Learning Disability (CTPLD).The team has bases in Northampton and Kettering.

This will be a community based post with line management responsibility for the CTPLD South Nursing team,  however you will be expected to be available to work and travel across the Northamptonshire area. It is essential that you hold a UK driving license and that you have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

We are looking for a Band 6/ Band 7 RNLD Nurse with significant Learning Disability experience who wishes to develop skills or gain experience within a community team.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of responding to national change and developments in the delivery of care for those with a Learning Disability.

Main duties of the job

As part of the CTPLD specialist multidisciplinary team, you will manage a small team to assess and provide support and intervention to people with a learning disability who have identified nursing needs. You will work in collaboration with the person, their circle of support and other relevant professionals and services to enhance, optimise and maintain the person’s quality of life and health inequalities.

You will need to be passionate about working with people with a learning disability and have experience of working as an effective and responsible member of a multi-disciplinary team. Experience of working with people with learning disabilities is essential.

The Northamptonshire Community Team for People with Learning Disability delivers specialist multi-disciplinary healthcare to adults who have a learning disability presenting with physical health needs, a mental illness and/or challenging behaviour. The service provided is person centred and tailored to the individual and their environment, taking into account their ethnic and cultural backgrounds and needs. We provide this through direct support, joint working with other services and /or through offering consultancy to other professionals involved

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.