Key responsibilities include managing a client caseload, conducting assessments, creating care plans, and supporting risk management. The nurse will also provide advice and education to colleagues, supervise junior staff, and ensure adherence to clinical standards and best practices. Additional tasks include administering medication, monitoring treatment plans, and documenting care activities.
Candidates should have post-qualification experience, exhibit autonomy, creativity, and a passion for supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Opportunities for professional development and career progression are offered, including regular supervision and training. The role requires collaboration across various service settings and adherence to professional conduct standards.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Wandsworth Community Learning Disability Team. We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Learning Disabilities Nurse to work within this multidisciplinary service, which provides expert, caring and holistic support to adults with a diagnosed Learning Disability.
You will have post qualifying experience of working as a Learning Disabilities Nurse. You will be able to work autonomously and demonstrate enthusiasm and creativity in your approach to your work. You will be passionate about providing specialist healthcare and support to people with a learning disability, as well as their families and staff teams, to help them live a fulfilling life.
You must be interested in working with external partners to develop supportive networks and have energy, drive and enthusiasm for working in a complex and challenging environment.
To hold a client caseload, as agreed with the Team Leader, and deliver a competent and co-ordinated nursing service in partnership with service users, members of the multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team and other agencies.
To provide advice and expertise in care planning and risk management to other health and social care professionals.
To provide support, supervision and education to carers and clients with specialist care needs.
The post holder will have responsibility for the assessment of care needs, risk assessment and the implementation and evaluation of client care for a defined caseload.
Participate in the teaching and development of colleagues, students and colleagues in other agencies about this specialist area.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
As a valued member of the team, you will access regular supervision, yearly appraisal and have opportunities for continuing professional development through both internal and external training events.
There will be the opportunities to develop your professional skills and participate in aspects of service development.
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To act as a lead Health Care Professional to clients allocated at clinical meetings.
To work within complex care networks including families, community and in-patient services, care homes, day centres and colleges.
To work flexibly to meet the needs of the clients.
To lead the development and audit of clinical standards within the nursing service, in relation to best practice.
To advise on the clinical and resource issues that are required in order to respond to national and local targets.
To contribute to care planning and risk management for adults with learning disabilities.
To work within the multi-disciplinary team to carry out assessments and help design interventions for people with learning disabilities.
To assess, develop and implement specialist programmes of nursing and social care to meet the needs of a diverse range of clients.
To exercise appropriate professional autonomy when working with clients in the community and to provide advice to non-specialists and other specialists/ professionals within the clinical field.
To ensure effective interagency working when clients are admitted and discharged from in-patient settings.
To provide supervision to junior staff within the team.
To contribute to care planning and risk management for adults with learning disabilities who may also present with physical health needs.
To provide medication, monitor and administer medications as required.
Under supervision, to monitor the progress of agreed treatment plans, prescribed medication, and report back on positive and adverse reactions to the prescribing doctor.
To enter information onto RiO and write complex and sensitive reports reflecting specialist knowledge on a regular basis.
To collect and compile observations and recordings as required.
To provide advice, education, support and supervision to carers.
To provide education across agencies and organisations on specialist area
To participate in teaching and training as appropriate.
To implement and contribute to policy and service development as appropriate.
To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and act within local protocols and trust policies.
To offer specialist advice and consultation on client placement issues, including clients placed in and out of borough.
To advise and educate clients, carers and relatives (as appropriate) on the implementation of care-plans, health promotion and behavioural guidelines.
To act as a first point of contact regarding assessment for clients and carers who access specialist learning disability services.
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