Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7)
- Job ref
- 444-6422052-BL
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ashby House
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Staff Nurse (LD Respite) - Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
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Job overview
Senior Staff Nurse - Band 6
Are you a Registered nurse who is enthusiastic about working with people who have a learning disability and their associated health needs?
Set amongst the countryside on the outskirts of Nuneaton, Ashby House offers direct 24/7 nursing care overnight for short breaks to adults with a range of needs. These needs include mild to severe learning disabilities with associated complex health needs, sensory impairment, autism and complex behaviours.
At Ashby House, every day is different. As a senior staff nurse you will provide holistic nursing care for our service users, practising a wide range of clinical skills supporting people with learning disabilities in our respite service.
In this rewarding role, you will clinically lead a team of nurses and healthcare assistants to provide high-quality care. You’ll have experience of working with adults or children with learning disabilities and be a confident leader who is committed and enthusiastic about continuous quality improvement.
We’re a supportive team, who work together to ensure our patients have access to a meaningful and varied timetable of activities to explore their interests and develop new skills.
You will need to be a car driver and be willing to occasionally drive a minibus to help our service users access activities within the community.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Clinically lead a team of nurses and Health Care Assistants to provide high-quality respite care to adults with learning disabilities. This involves working alongside the team on shifts and leading at grassroots level
Managing the operations of the service and deputising in the absence of the manager and Deputy manager
Participating in the respite on call rota
Please note, as this service is open 24 hours a day, we will require you to work within a nursing rota including wake nights, early and late shifts, in the week and at weekends. We’re pleased to offer enhancements for unsocial hours, nights, Bank holidays and weekends.
Working for our organisation
We offer full training in all clinical procedures that relate to the adults’ needs and in the operational running and management of the service and the support staff.
Ashby House was the winner of the Trust’s Seeking Excellence Award, which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust provides a full range of physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. The Trust currently holds a 'Good'
CQC rating.
We exist to make a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of people and communities who need our services. This is our core purpose and the reason we come to work every day. We’re always on the lookout for people who share this passion, as well as our values of compassion, respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity.
We put ‘people at our heart’, and this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others, and we have an extensive wellbeing package to support our staff both in and out of work.
We know our staff are our greatest asset which is why we invest in training and development opportunities, and our leadership teams are dedicated to continuous professional and personal development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Experience of managing / leading staff
- Must be or willing to complete training to be a student Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
- A range of experience of working with people with learning disabilities
- Extensive Post Registration Experience
- Competent in a range of clinical skills
- Experience of Managing Staff
Other
Essential
- Car driver with access to a vehicle
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Learning Disability / MH Nursing qualification
- Must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Must have or be willing to work towards a recognised management qualification
- Must have or willing to work towards CPD308
Experience
Essential criteria
- A range of experience of working with people with learning disabilities and / or mental health difficulties
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to travel for work purposes and have access to an independent means of transport.
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
- Jodie Boyle
- Job title
- Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03003032424
- Additional information
For informal discussion regarding the post please contact Jodie Boyle- Nurse Manager on 03003032424
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