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The Partnership was formed in 2and has been developing new pathways of working that seek to improve health outcomes for people with LD making sure that they are able to access the right care in the right place at the right time, in accordance with Building the Right Support.
Job Overview
The role of the Enhanced support nurse is to work as part of an MDT to provide intensive support to those people with learning disability who are experiencing mental health or behaviour crisis. The team provides a 7 day a week service to support people with learning disability to remain safe in the community and avert the need for admission to hospital. Where hospital admission is required you will support the inpatient team to plan for a timely and safe discharge back to the community and provide short term follow up care.
Main duties of the job
Liaising with mainstream mental health services; other stakeholders including health and justice teams and police to support the service user to achieve their optimum level of independence.
To provide education and training to other providers in the management of mental health and behaviours that challenge. Supporting them to provide holistic healthcare that incorporates evidence based therapeutic interventions.
To support the STOMP clinic and promote the clinical care pathways implemented by Essex Learning Disability Partnership.
The successful candidate will need to be able to network and develop close working relationships with commissioners and other providers to ensure that our service users are given the most appropriate support and are given equal access to the services they require.
Working for our organisation
Essex Learning Disability Partnership provides specialist learning disability services across all Essex. The partnership has been formed by Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust providing Learning Disability Services in Mid, North East and West Essex and; Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust providing Learning Disability Services in South Essex.
The Partnership was formed in 2and has been developing new pathways of working that seek to improve health outcomes for people with LD making sure that they are able to access the right care in the right place at the right time, in accordance with Building the Right Support. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this continuing journey and influence how we work to improve lives.
The learning disability service was awarded outstanding for caring in our last CQC inspection and good in all other areas. Team members have won awards for innovations in practice and mentoring students. The Clinical Lead Nurse has been awarded the title of Queen's Nurse and the STOMP clinic set up by two non-medical prescribers has been recognised by NHSE as an example of best practice.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity for continued personal and professional development including, but not limited to Non-Medical Prescribing.
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Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
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