LD Nurse Manager

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate about improving the health, wellbeing and outcomes of adults with learning disabilities?

Are you:

• Dynamic, forward-thinking and looking for your next challenge?
• An experienced leader?
• A skilled communicator and an effective problem solver?
• Passionate about providing excellent care?

We are looking for an experienced registered Learning Disability Nurse with the above passion and skill set to be a registered nurse manager within learning disability short breaks service. Come and join us and experience the difference that we can make together.

The role will involve leading and contributing to the effective provision of services to people with a learning disability and additional needs e.g. autism.

Using your broad range of communication skills and an evidence-based approach to care, you will work directly with individuals that use the service, their families and the people who support them in the assessment and planning processes including supporting people with complex and changing health care needs.

Together with the Community Matron you will develop the nursing service within the designated Community Learning Disability Service to manage the waiting list and referrals through allocation of work, supervision and support.

You will provide professional support to the respective Health Manager of the designated Community Adult Learning Disability Service.

Main duties of the job

To operationally manage the service providing short breaks and some outreach support to learning disabled people who present complex and challenging behaviour and Autism. The post holder will manage and supervise staff and ensure agreed assessments and programs of care are implemented following a positive behavior support model (PBS).

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse in Learning Disability
• Extensive work with adults with learning disabilities
• Masters level or equivalent level of significant relevant experience
• Up to date mentorship qualification and sign off
• CPD
• Further training in the assessment and management of behavioural challenges.
• Advanced leadership and managerial qualification
• Community specialist practitioner
• NVQ Level 5 or equivalent and have experience at senior level of running and managing a residential or care home setting.

Experience

• To have worked with people who have complex needs and behaviours that challenge the service.
• To have had experience in managing a service for people with learning disabilities in the absence of a manager.
• CPD - Masters. BIA

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Community Adult Learning Disability Matron

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)