Community Nurse (PBS Pathway) (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Community Learning Disability Team - Northumb[...]

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Job overview

The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability 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 learning disabilities. They will assess, plan, implement & evaluate high quality care for adults who have a learning disability.

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 mental health and or forensic needs to access primary and secondary care. The post holder will also develop specialised Positive Behavioural Support Plans for patients and service providers in order to reduce or prevent placement breakdowns or admissions into inpatient settings.

The post holder will support the skills of the wider community learning disabilities service to ensure physical health and wellbeing is prioritised and embedded within all aspects of specialist work.

They will also:

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide specialised nursing care and Positive Behavioural Support plans for adults living within the North Tyneside area who present with complex mental health and or forensic needs.

The post holder will have supervisory responsibilities for junior staff and also work within the Integrated Community Learning Disability Team ensuring the service continues to provide the highest possible care to the patients we support.

There is an expectation the post holder will chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and be involved with service development, audits and quality improvements.

Person specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

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

Experience and knowledge

• Previous commensurate experience at a minimum of Band 5 or above.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Experience of working with people who present with challenging behaviour as well as experience of working within an PBS framework.
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience working with children and adults
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
• Experience of working in a community setting.

Other requirements

• 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

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the workplace (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Positive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Lois Ainsley Job title Senior Community Nurse Email address Lois.Ainsley@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Telephone number 0191 2952764