Lead Nurse (Health Equity)

In line with Building Fairer Oxleas Services, the Lead Nurse (Health Equity) position has been created to support Adult Learning Disability (ALD) services to effectively understand and mitigate the risks to life expectancy for people with a learning disability from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. The post holder will examine available evidence reflecting the pattern of ill-health (morbidity and mortality rates) in this population and work with colleagues to develop sustainable methods of training, assessment, intervention and evaluation to address disparities in physical health outcomes for people with learning disabilities from BAME communities across Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley.

Main duties of the job

1. Fully understand the available evidence base (LeDeR reports, Datix incident reporting, Rio clinical record reports) reflecting the demographics and needs (admissions, deaths, comorbidities etc) of the local BAME population with learning disabilities.
2. Engage with all ALD nursing teams and other clinical leads, examining existing training, assessment, intervention and evaluation methods, recommending any adjustments as necessary.
3. Ensure resources for training, assessment, intervention, and evaluation effectively reflect and address the needs of local people with learning disabilities from BAME communities.
4. Ensure nursing clinics in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich effectively address the needs of people with learning disabilities from BAME communities, regarding nursing observations, adjusted measures, risk assessment and clinical documentation. Additionally, share findings/recommendations with wider ALD clinicians.
5. Recommend sustainable means of reporting and performance monitoring to effectively reflect the health outcomes of people with learning disabilities from local BAME communities.
6. Engage with key partner agencies (Primary Care/Acute Hospital Care/Public Health/Social Care etc), to ensure the needs of the BAME community with learning disabilities are recognised across the local system.

Job responsibilities

1. Fully understand the available evidence base (LeDeR reports, Datix incident reporting, Rio clinical record reports) reflecting the demographics and needs (admissions, deaths, comorbidities etc) of the local BAME population with learning disabilities.
2. Engage with all ALD nursing teams and other clinical leads, examining existing training, assessment, intervention and evaluation methods, recommending any adjustments as necessary.
3. Ensure resources for training, assessment, intervention, and evaluation effectively reflect and address the needs of local people with learning disabilities from BAME communities.
4. Ensure nursing clinics in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich effectively address the needs of people with learning disabilities from BAME communities, regarding nursing observations, adjusted measures, risk assessment and clinical documentation. Additionally, share findings/recommendations with wider ALD clinicians.
5. Recommend sustainable means of reporting and performance monitoring to effectively reflect the health outcomes of people with learning disabilities from local BAME communities.
6. Working with ALD colleagues, support the identification/creation of available resources to support engagement with and the provision of reasonably adjusted support for people with a learning disability from BAME communities.
7. Engage with key partner agencies (Primary Care/Acute Hospital Care/Public Health/Social Care etc), to ensure the needs of the BAME community with learning disabilities are recognised across the local system.
8. Actively contribute to the development and implementation of Policies, Procedures and Clinical Guidelines for patients with learning disabilities from BAME communities.
9. Provide an end of year report for the directorates Performance and Quality Assurance Meeting (PQAM), with recommendations for ongoing strategies/adjustments to sustainably improve health outcomes for the local BAME population with learning disabilities.
10. Contribute to the BFOS priority Physical Health Addressing Disparity in Life Expectancy.
11. The post holder is expected to be computer literate and proficient in reporting at a senior nursing level; navigating clinical records with sufficient expertise to recommend adjustments in risk assessment, care planning and all relevant clinical documentation.
12. The mental & emotional effort will be proportionate to engaging with colleagues, agencies, service users and families from BAME communities recognising poorer health outcomes, and developing solutions together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RNLD or RMN qualification & educated to degree level

Experience

• Sufficient clinical experience in meeting the physical health needs of people with learning disabilities.

Knowledge

• Up-to-date knowledge of current legislation and relevant NHS policy relating to people with learning disabilities, physical health and health inequalities.

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.