Lead nurse for learning disabilities and autism
Job Description
Job summary
A unique and exciting opportunity has become available to join the organisation as the lead nurse for learning disabilities and autism. You will be an experienced learning disabilities nurse who will lead our dedicated team in providing care across the organisation. You will be visionary, patient centred and have a deep empathetic understanding of the challenges and the complexities that people with learning disabilities and autism face navigating through healthcare and a hospital environment.
You will be responsible for improving the quality of care received by people with a learning disability and autism, within our organisation. You will be a role model and clinical expert within the specialty of learning disability and autism nursing across all areas of the Trust, supporting clinical staff in the management of care planning for patients.
Excellent leadership skills, effective organisational skills, highly developed communication skills and the ability to interact with people from a wide variety of professional backgrounds are essential. As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the care and experience of people with learning disabilities and autistic people within our Trust
Main duties of the job
You will be a specialist clinical resource providing specialist information to patients, families, carers, staff and community partners. You will identify, plan and facilitate initiatives to improve the patient experience and identify training opportunities (through training needs analysis) which will be delivered across the organisation.
Key priorities will be to:
- Deliver the Trust's strategies to improve the quality of care received by individuals with a learning disability and/or autism in the acute hospital setting.
- Manage the interface between acute hospital services, primary care services and community specialist learning disability services.
- Facilitate reasonable adjustments within an acute setting for people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
- Develop effective and collaborative working with healthcare and multi-agency colleagues, including identifying and meeting the training needs and providing specialist advice.
About us
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Current entry on NMC register - learning disabilities
- Education to degree level or working towards
- Practice assessor/educator experience (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Educated to master's level, undertaking masters level course or has a willingness to do so (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Experience of taking charge of a service or department
- Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing learning disabilities in acute areas
- Understanding of the wider NHS and local agendas that have an impact on the learning disabilities
- Proficient knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults' procedures and mental capacity Act
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing a team of multi professional staff including management of conflict, absence etc
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
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Address
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
