Senior Community Learning Disability Nurse
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An opportunity has arisen with the service for a Band 6 Senior Community Learning Disability Nurse post to work within the Specialist Community Learning Disabilities Team based in Barrow and covering South Cumbria and Lancaster and Morecambe; you must be able to travel independently of public transport.
We are looking for a highly motivated and conscientious team player with excellent communication and clinical skills, seeking to build experience in working with community teams.
The Learning Disability Service provides forward-thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. We work with adults with learning disabilities and autism, their families, and health promotion through service development and training initiatives.
The post holder will work within an integrated health team, providing clinical support to adults with learning disabilities who may have complex needs including challenging behaviour, physical and sensory impairment, mental health and forensic issues. The role involves delivering care within pathways in a variety of community settings.
As a Band 6 senior community nurse you will support the clinical activity of the teams in meeting local needs. You will have skills in working with adults with learning disabilities, and associated communication and behavioural needs. You may undertake delegated duties by senior nurses, and will be accountable to the operational/clinical leads, providing administrative support within the integrated health team to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes. IT clinical record systems experience is expected.
Requirements: NMC registered; ability to travel within LSCFT; Enhanced CRB check.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Flexible working options are encouraged (term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks). Applicants should state any flexible working requests on their application and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit the website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marie Claire Crompton, Job title: Team Manager, Email: marieclaire.crompton@lscft.nhs.uk, Telephone: 01524 550330.
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