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Job summary

Main area
Learning Disabilites
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7558888WXH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Newham Univeristy Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/11/2025 23:59

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Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Learning Disability Nurse Practitioner

Band 6

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Disabilities and the wider Learning Disabilities Team, you will act as a visible clinical expert, advisor and advocate, championing reasonable adjustments, reducing health inequalities, and ensuring our services meet national best practice standards.

You will support patients, families, carers and clinical teams through direct care, advice, education, training, and system improvement. Whilst this post will be based at Newham Hospital you will be required to work across Barts Health that will allow you to build strong partnerships with colleagues in acute, community, social care, and voluntary services. You will also contribute to local and national learning and innovation through active engagement in different improvement initiatives such as the LeDeR programme and the NHS England Learning Disability Improvement Standards. 

Main duties of the job

To  deliver  equitable, safe, high quality services for a patients with a learning disability and autism using Barts Health Services 

To deliver on-going expert clinical input for complex patients with learning disabilities (LD) and autism across all sites and all departments within Barts Health

To offer clinical teams in all settings across all sites, expert advice,  support and education to make personalised reasonable adjustments and promote use of Hospital passport

To plan, organise and co-ordinate the admission and discharge process for complex patients 

Deliver training to all grades and backgrounds of staff to support awareness of the needs of patients with a learning disability and autism 

Work with patient advocacy groups in the community , family and carer groups, to illicit  on-going feedback for  improvement of hospital services in the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities and autism 

To lead on regular audit,  and quality improvement initiatives. Conduct research with multi disciplinary colleagues 

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse Learning Disability (RNLD) Registered Adult Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse.
  • Relevant Degree, or equivalent or working towards
Desirable criteria
  • Post registration course (s) in physical health care
  • Relevant qualification in teaching and assessing

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience in working with people with learning disabilities and autism
  • Previous relevant acute hospital experience
  • Supervision of others
  • Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
  • Teaching a diverse range of groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate clear understanding of the role of CNS within Learning Disability Field of Nursing within an acute hospital setting
  • Evidence of keeping professionally updated
  • Up to date knowledge and experience regarding national/local guidelines, and in particular relating to area of speciality with expertise in the application of the Mental Capacity Act, Equalities Act. LeDer programme
  • Expert understanding and application of Safeguarding procedures related to area of speciality
  • Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and application in practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of audit/data collection
  • Post graduate study in relevant field
  • Previous research experience and knowledge/willingness to participate in research

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills with patients, families and MDT
  • Able to teach patients/families and multidisciplinary teams about the care of a patient with Learning Disabilities
  • Delivery of person centred care to highly complex challenging individuals
  • To co-ordinate care for complex challenging individuals
  • Able to risk assess, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
  • Computer literate, willingness to learn new software application and technology related to client group
  • Able to innovate and influence service delivery
  • Evidence of service development initiatives

Other

Essential criteria
  • Demonstable passion for the field of LD nursing and improvement in care and treatment
  • Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge with team and wider Trust
  • Ability to demonstrate warmth compassion and flexibility
  • Ability to adapt frequently to changing circumstances
  • Flexible attitude to ways and hours of working
  • Ability to develop own learning needs and interests that help to improve ways of working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sebastian Gonzalez
Job title
Learning Disability Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
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