Applies evidence based care to support physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
Can assess and manage complex clinical issues in relation to service users.
Can advise and collaborate with carers, professionals and other agencies to offer support around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
Provides and delegates care delivery to ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
Identify and provide appropriate support to the social well-being of individual service users.
Addresses barriers to social well-being as part of the holistic health assessment and intervention.
Liaises with multi-disciplinary colleagues and other professionals / agencies in order to address issues that create barriers to social well-being and reports on unmet need and obstacles to senior colleagues.
Employ health promotion techniques to develop the overall health and wellbeing of service users and prevent avoidable illness.
Identifies resources to enable staff to deliver specific physical and mental health promotion interventions.
Develops training for staff, users and carers around health promotion.
Facilitate service users and carers in overcoming barriers to accessing primary care and other NHS services.
Facilitates access to mainstream health care, for the majority of people with learning disabilities.
Provide intensive health care or other support to people with learning disabilities who have complex needs or who pose challenges to services.
Devises protocols and guidance around the provision of care to those with complex physical and or mental health needs or for those who challenge services.
This Senior Community LD Nursing post will cover maternity leave for 1 year. The post will be within the Complex Physical Health nursing team, and will incorporate the following:
To provide visible, high calibre nurse leadership and support around the 'Complex Physical Health' (CPH) of Learning Disability within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The post holder will lead the development of complex physical health of Learning Disability practice, promoting the clinical and professional development of staff within the community team, to ensure they provide holistic and evidence based care.
The post holder will provide specialist assessment, intervention and management, working collaboratively with colleagues, service users, families and other agencies.
The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
5. To contribute to the continuing development of the ALD Service Physical Health Group.
Applies evidence based care to support physical well- being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
Can assess and manage complex clinical issues in relation to service users.
Can advise and collaborate with carers, professionals and other agencies to offer support around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
Provides and delegates care delivery to ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
Identify and provide appropriate support to the social well-being of individual service users.
Addresses barriers to social well-being as part of the holistic health assessment and intervention.
Liaises with multi-disciplinary colleagues and other professionals / agencies in order to address issues that create barriers to social well-being and reports on unmet need and obstacles to senior colleagues.
Employ health promotion techniques to develop the overall health and wellbeing of service users and prevent avoidable illness.
Identifies resources to enable staff to deliver specific physical and mental health promotion interventions.
Develops training for staff, users and carers around health promotion.
Facilitate service users and carers in overcoming barriers to accessing primary care and other NHS services.
Facilitates access to mainstream health care, for the majority of people with learning disabilities.
Provide intensive health care or other support to people with learning disabilities who have complex needs or who pose challenges to services.
Devises protocols and guidance around the provision of care to those with complex physical and or mental health needs or for those who challenge services.
This Senior Community LD Nursing post will cover maternity leave for 1 year. The post will be within the Complex Physical Health nursing team, and will incorporate the following:
To provide visible, high calibre nurse leadership and support around the 'Complex Physical Health' (CPH) of Learning Disability within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The post holder will lead the development of complex physical health of Learning Disability practice, promoting the clinical and professional development of staff within the community team, to ensure they provide holistic and evidence based care.
The post holder will provide specialist assessment, intervention and management, working collaboratively with colleagues, service users, families and other agencies.
The post holder will lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
5. To contribute to the continuing development of the ALD Service Physical Health Group.