Job summary
- Main area
- Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-9412
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Team
- Town
- AYLESBURY
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Salary is dependant on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
B5 Community Learning Disability Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurse. The post holder will be a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary learning disability health team, working with a team of learning disability nurses. We aim to provide a high-quality nursing service across the county of Buckinghamshire, providing care in line with our clinical care pathways. This post is suitable for newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
Identify the health needs of people with learning disability referred to the service, using specialist clinical skills and knowledge in the following areas: epilepsy, dementia, mental health, behaviour difficulties, autism, syndrome specific health needs, medication and complex health needs associated with learning disability.
Undertake nursing assessment, specialist mental health and learning disability assessments (initially under supervision), care planning and evaluation, and risk assessment and management.
Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.
Ability to plan and organize own workload, ensuring the needs of service users are met, alongside completing training and learning.
Travel across the county is required; the post holder will need to be able to drive to carry out domiciliary visits, attend meetings and training, and occasionally cover for colleagues on other sites.
Participation in regular supervision.
Consideration of the health and safety, well-being, and interests of those who come in to contact with the team.
Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
Ensure that all Trust-wide and local policies are implemented.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibility
Identify the health needs of people with learning disability referred to the service, using specialist clinical skills and knowledge in the following areas: epilepsy, dementia, mental health, behaviour difficulties, autism, syndrome specific health needs, medication and complex health needs associated with learning disability.
Undertake nursing assessment, specialist mental health and learning disability assessments (initially under supervision), care planning and evaluation, and risk assessment and management.
Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.
Deliver care that is person centred and recovery focused, reflecting current best practice.
Provide education, advice and guidance to service users and their carers, and other professionals.
Responsible for the administration, carriage, storage and safe disposal of medication and equipment used in the community, in accordance with Trust policies.
Participate in developing health promotion initiatives, working towards reducing health inequalities.
Take appropriate action in relation to safeguarding vulnerable adults, where necessary.
Participate in the Trust’s adverse incidents reporting systems and comply with the Trust’s procedure and techniques for managing risks.
Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to Trust policies.
Demonstrate a working understanding of the legal and ethical issues in providing learning disability, and mental health care. In particular having a good knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act, LeDeR and the Care Act.
Respond to any crisis that a service user may experience.
Work autonomously and be responsible for the management of a caseload and delegation of work to support staff, as agreed through supervision.
Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility
To provide advice, guidance and support to nursing support workers.To be a clinical supervisor for and to provide supervision for nursing support workers, as agreed through supervision.
To support Student Nurses on placement with the team, and to be a Practice Supervisor or Practice Assessor, as agreed through supervision.
Service Development and Improvement
To be involved in Service Evaluation, Audit and Service Development initiatives.
Communications
Maintain an excellent level of communication with service users and carers, using a range of verbal and non-verbal approaches and to respond sensitively to their needs.
Maintain positive working relationships and clear communications with team colleagues, other professionals, and agencies.
Provide a high standard of verbal and written communication.
Adherence to all aspects of patient confidentiality, documentation and record keeping according to Trust and national guidelines.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse (RNLD) qualification.
- Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
- Post-graduate qualification related to a specialist LD clinical area of practice
Desirable criteria
- ENB 998 or Mentorship and Support in Professional Practice.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as part of a team.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sherry Forchione
- Job title
- Nursing Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 387516
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