Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.     Clinical Responsibilities:

•  To conduct psychologically informed assessments, care planning and considering treatment options, in collaboration with service users, carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team

·        To deliver and co-deliver brief interventions identified for service users

·         To provide clinical supervision and consultation and training to staff in delivering care for people with Learning disabilities

• To receive supervision and be part of weekly MDT team discussions.

·       Contribute to strategic developments by working with medical, clinical and operational leads

·      Contribute towards the development of effective training plans and lead on team building, when requested to promote an open, honest, supportive, forward and outward looking working environment, facilitating new ideas suggestions or debate in relation to the service requirements

·         To provide liaison to inpatient wards to consult on the management of people with Learning disabilities, as and when indicated

·         To provide consultation to GPs in the management of people with Learning disabilities and to advise on reasonable adjustments, as and when indicated

·         To be involved in co-delivering structured group based treatments

·         To be available to receive clinical supervision from the multi-disciplinary team and clinical supervisors

·         To keep accurate written and electronic records, including care documentation and risk assessment, and write reports

·         To identify safeguarding issues and demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding legislation and its implementation

·         To engage in clinical work that will be emotionally intense and where behaviour and communication might be unpredictable

·         To use reflective practice with colleagues and in clinical supervision, to process the emotional impact of the work and remain consistent and constant in the treatment process

·         To ensure that continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate and timely plans are made for the discharge of patients from the inpatient facilities ensuring Section 117 and CPA responsibilities are discharged

• To assist and provide teaching to health faculties/other multidisciplinary professionals of the specialist treatment methodology developed to support service user

2. Team Responsibilities: 

·         To work independently as well as in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team

·         To work alongside other senior team members in the Milton Keynes Learning disability community team to co-ordinate the day-to-day work, specifically in relation to the Nursing pathway

·         To contribute to the strategic development of the team

·         To attend specific team meetings, supervision and staff support

·         To work with other agencies (e.g. in-patient units, A&E department, social care etc) in planning and delivering care