Community Charge Nurse Learning DisabilityNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mid and North Hampshire Division to appoint a motivated and dynamic Community Charge Nurse (Learning Disability) in the North and West Hampshire Community Learning Disability Team.

We have bases in Winchester, Basingstoke and Totton. This role is based in our Totton office, providing leadership within the team and delivering nursing services to people with learning disabilities within the West of the county.

You will provide supervision, support, and inspiration to nurses and nursing students in the Learning Disability Service. You will co-lead on the delivery of an evidence-based, person-centred nursing service that meets the needs of this complex client group.

You will play a vital role as a Community Charge Nurse in a forward thinking and innovative team. You will work closely with the nursing and multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities for continued professional development and reflective practice sessions.

You will need to demonstrate effective nursing and inter-personal skills, good communication and presentation skills, be organised, and self-motivated.

A car driver is essential given the large geographical area this post covers.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Be a member of an integrated inter-agency, multi-disciplinary learning disability team.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients referred to the team.
• Contribute to effective multidisciplinary working within the Learning Disability team and build effective liaison with community, primary, other secondary and tertiary services and agencies to meet individual need and service development.
• Carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision, and will be required to demonstrate procedures to, and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.
• Manage a caseload of patients independently and be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing nursing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines.
• Undertake specialist and complex assessments and care planning.
• Lead nursing care for patients referred to the team for nursing assessment and intervention.
• Ensure that systems are used to incorporate any adopted models of quality assurance and governance into everyday practice.
• Deputise for and report to the Locality Senior Nurse as required.

The assessments and interventions undertaken will be embedded within the framework of:-

• Multi-Disciplinary Team principles of working
• The holistic model of care (Four Tier model)
• The six Clinical Areas of Practice.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence