Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week, Part time, Flexible working)
- Job ref
- 820-7018423-LD
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Greenfields
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 on call
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Health Facilitation Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for creative and innovative people who possess excellent communication skills to join the city wide Health Facilitation Team, you will be based in the north of the city working to improve access to mainstream primary and acute services. You will promote health enhancing activities to improve the outcomes for people with learning disabilities and will within the framework of level one and level two Health Facilitation.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for people with learning disabilities.
Contribute and facilitate in training and education to the wider health economy.
Maintain effective links with primary health care partners to support interventions to reduce health inequalities and supporting the implementation of health screening and health action plans.
To work in collaboration between primary and secondary services to adults with learning disabilities when accessing services.
To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers. To work within the framework of health facilitation (level one and two) and the framework of Transition. To co-ordinate a clinical service under the supervision of the Specialist Nurse – Health Facilitation
You will ensure effective communication between General Practitioners, Consultants and other members of the multi-disciplinary team and co-ordinate the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care interventions for individuals.
Liaising with all appropriate professionals, carers and Service User with regard to pre and post admission support to Primary Care and Acute services you will co-ordinate the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care interventions for individuals with learning disabilities requiring palliative care services.
Working for our organisation
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.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Facilitate the early identification of school leavers and communicate this information in a timely manner to the Multidisciplinary Team and focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services
You will work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist guidance to actively promote the delivery of health facilitation
You will manage a caseload under the supervision of the Specialist Nurse – Health Facilitation; and complete and facilitate Health Action Plans in conjunction with the Service User, MDT and relevant stakeholders.
You will assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review programmes of care and ensure measurable outcomes and discharges are efficiently and effectively carried out.
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- RNLD/RNMH
- Post qualification training.
- Mentoring or Assessing Qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience
- Working with Multi-disciplinary Teams
- Working with Multi-agencies
- Formal supervision of staff
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Assessment process
- Understanding diversity
- Level 1&2 health facilitation
- Understand legislation in relation to People with learning disabilities
- Complex health needs
- Audit Tools
- Care Programme Approach
- Information Technology
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Confident
- Assertive
- Effective communication skills
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Car driver with full licence
- On call participation
- Flexible working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ivy Winters
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 3900
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