Community Nurse (PBS Pathway)

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly community learning disabilities team in North Tyneside offering regular team meetings, robust support and supervision, and a commitment to continued professional development.

As an integral part of North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team, the post holder will work in the community with families and carers. They will be responsible for a personal caseload. They will work across primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equality of access for those with a learning disability. They will assess, plan, implement & evaluate high quality care for adults/children who have a learning disability, mental health and challenging behaviour.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

This post will be based with the Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside but the post holder will be required to work in a range of settings in North Tyneside.

The post holder will manage their own caseload, complete health and risk assessments. Support individuals with complex health needs to access primary and secondary care. Provide training for carers and outside agencies regarding health inequalities and reasonable adjustments.

Work with children and adults who present with challenging behaviour. Working within the PBS framework to reduce behaviour that challenge.

To increase the knowledge and skills of the wider community learning disabilities service to ensure physical health and wellbeing is prioritised and embedded within all aspects of specialist work.

1. Chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings
2. Provide supervision and appraisal for junior staff
3. Be involved in developing and delivering training
4. Be involved in audit and quality improvement projects

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist professional nursing intervention to adults with a Learning Disability, focusing on individuals who have complex health care needs. To work within the framework of the Integrated Community Learning Disability Team and ensure the service provides the highest possible quality of care to patients.

Develop effective and collaborative working with healthcare and multi-agency colleagues, including identifying and meeting their training needs and providing specialist nursing advice.

Design and implement Positive Behaviour Support Plans to provide intensive, proactive support and crisis intervention to patients, carers and care providers to prevent/reduce admission to in-patient units and to maintain community placements.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

1. Registered Nurse
2. R.N.M.H/R.N.L.D. Qualification
3. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
4. Advanced Practice with specialist knowledge in the provision of care for people with learning disabilities (BSc, Diploma or relevant portfolio to this level)
5. Teaching Qualification

Experience and knowledge

1. Previous commensurate experience at a minimum of Band 5 or above.
2. Evidence of ongoing professional development
3. Experience of working with people who present with challenging behaviour as well as experience of working within an PBS framework.
4. Experience of multi-agency working
5. Experience working with children and adults
6. Experience of working in a community setting.

Other requirements

1. It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust