Bart's Health Learning Disability Lead Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
This is a rare opportunity to lead strategic change that will directly improve the lives of people with learning disabilities across east London. As our Learning Disability Lead Nurse, you'll provide expert clinical leadership across our five hospitals, supporting over 1.5 million people including some of the most vulnerable in our communities.
You'll lead a dedicated team of specialists, ensuring that patients with learning disabilities receive excellent, equitable care throughout their healthcare journey. Working closely with Trust leadership, you'll champion reasonable adjustments, develop innovative care pathways, and implement best practices that reduce health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
This post has been designed to support the continued development of high-quality nursing services to meet the holistic needs of patients with Learning Disabilities (LD). The post holder will provide leadership to the Trust's Learning Disabilities Team. This post holder will act as expert point of contact across the Trust to deliver excellent and equitable care and treatment for patients with a learning disability. The post holder will be required to work across Barts health five Hospitals. They will be a resource of expert professional advice and contact for internal stakeholders, external stakeholders locally, across NEL and nationally, ensuring the Trust meet good practice guidance and law in relation to the care of patients with a Learning Disability.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Learning Disabilities experience of care
- Managerial and Leadership experience
- Clinical experience within the acute hospital setting
- Evidence of collaboration across professional groups
- Experience of reflective practice
- Experience of clinical supervision of staff within a team
- Management of a budget
Desirable
- Experience of delivering reports / presenting to boards
- Experience of research or patient care improvement innovation
- Experience of policy development and review
Skills
Essential
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
- Report writing skills
- Education / Teaching skills
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Influencing and change management skills
- Collaborative working skills with both patients their families and the multiprofessional
Desirable
- IT skills
- Ability to critically analyse data
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding and application of the Mental capacity Act
- Understanding and application of Best Interest and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards
- Knowledge of national policy and guidance related to Learning Disabilities
Desirable
- Reference to the WECARE values
- Knowledge of the Learning disabilities Mortality review (LeDer Program)
- Educated to or working towards Masters
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning disability Nurse
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable
- Evidence of professional development within the remit of LD
Other
Essential
- Evidence of role modelling and leadership
- Evidence of flexible approach to working with others
- Evidence of creativity and problem solving when addressing patients care / patient family needs
Desirable
- Reference to conflict management or resolution - including complaints management experience
- Application is logical and concise with overall good spelling and grammar in keeping with post's expectations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
Whipps Cross Hospital
London
E11 1NR
