Job summary
- Main area
- Registered health care professional
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 083-6788252-MC
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Weston General Hospital
- Town
- Weston-super-Mare
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Learning Disability & Autism Liaison Clinician
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
We are seeking a clinician to join our established Nurse and wider team to deliver Learning Disability and Autism liaison in Weston General Hospital. The successful applicant will be passionate about ensuring equitable access to our acute services for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Excellent knowledge of the range of reasonable adjustments that can be provided and a commitment to advocate for people is essential for this role. The ability to tailor your communication to work effectively with service users, families and professionals including in multi-disciplinary meetings and when providing training is a key skill.
Main duties of the job
You will be an expert practitioner to support acute hospital staff to meet the needs of people who have complex needs through innovative provision of reasonable adjustments.
You will be able to work autonomously and prioritise your workload according to capacity and demand.
You work collaboratively with the acute Trust on agreed initiatives to improve knowledge, skills and practice at supporting people who have a learning disability (i.e. champions network, training, reasonable adjustments)
You will attend meetings as agreed with the Lead Nurse to promote access for people who have a learning disability and / or autistic people (i.e. promoting reasonable adjustments, hospital passports, champions, etc.)
You will develop the skills of students and junior staff.
You will maintain a visible profile within the service (i.e. involvement in promotional materials, activities and to encourage liaison from acute trust services)
You will contribute to and deliver training as required to acute hospital staff.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Nursing or HCPC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of providing professional health care for people with learning disabilities or autistic people
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
- Hayley Johnson
- Job title
- Senior Learning Disability & Autism Liaison Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01934 881173
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