Learning Disability and Autism Practitioner inEast Midlands inEast Midlands PUBLISHED
FRI 25 OCT 2024
Key responsibilities include maintaining expert knowledge in Learning Disabilities and Autism, advising clinicians in pre-hospital settings, contributing to the development of training resources for the workforce, and representing the mental health team in meetings. The role also involves creating learning and continuing professional development materials informed by incidents and feedback, alongside assessing educational outcomes. Candidates should be prepared for a dynamic position aimed at improving emergency care for individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism.
Are you looking for a new and challenging role? Do you have extensive experience of working in Learning Disability and Autism?
This position offers an exciting opportunity for a registered Learning Disability and Autism Practitioner to join the EMAS strategic mental health team to further develop and drive forward the ambulance response to our population living with Learning Disability and/or Autism..
The potholder will work across the EMAS geographical footprint (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire) to develop pathways, provide specialist advice/guidance to service lines and support the mental health team to deliver and implement the aspirations of the NHS Long Term Plan (2.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of Learning Disabilities and Autism and its application within pre-hospital urgent and emergency care.- .
Ability to consider, synthesise and analyse complex situations that arise in the prehospital environment and provide where required advice and guidance to a broad range of clinicians.
- Provide information, advice, and guidance to the trust's workforce education teams to support them to further develop related resources that will help support questions and queries that arise regarding Learning Disability and Autism on induction and mandatory training.
- Attend relevant internal and external meetings to represent the strategic mental health team and provide updates on ongoing workstreams, ensuring all work is underpinned by appropriate governance structures and reporting processes.
- Work with the strategic mental health team to identify and develop Learning Disability and Autism related education/CPD materials and practice-based guidance based on learning from incidents, complaints and reviews.
- Devise and conduct assessment of learning against prescribed outcomes.
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