Band 7 Community Forensic Nurse

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Community Forensic Team - Band 7 Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Birmingham Community Forensic Team permanently. Our multi-disciplinary team works with individuals who have a learning disability and have committed a serious criminal offence or are at significant risk of doing so.

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 who have committed or are at risk of committing serious offences. The post holder will have forensic clinical experience as well as knowledge and experience of conducting forensic risk assessments and developing and implementing risk reduction interventions. The post holder will be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have a passion for person-centred care and integrated team working.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

• Supervision of junior nurses, nurse associates and Health Care Assistants in the community / forensic team.
• Participate in training of student nurses and other staff.
• Delivery of education/information and training to patients, carers, members of multi-disciplinary teams and others according to their requirements and within professional expertise.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training

• Registered Nurse LD/MH
• ENB998 or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Ability to work towards non-medical prescribing

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in learning disabilities nursing services
• Formal supervision of staff
• Allocation and delegation of work
• Working within Multi-Agency Teams

Skills/Knowledge

• Complex health assessments
• Assessment process - hospital In - Reach
• Audit tools
• Equal opportunities
• Understand legislation in relation to People with Learning Disabilities
• Care Programme Approach
• Organisational skills
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance
• Information Technology (IT) skills
• Knowledge of research methodologies
• Confident

Other job requirements

• Able to fulfil the travel requirements of the job
• On call participation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.