Role Overview
The post holder will work in the Bexley CTLD Complex Physical Health (CPH) of Learning Disability nursing team, focusing on the additional needs of people with complex physical health needs.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of adults, working autonomously with a broad spectrum of physical health issues.
* Provide holistic, high calibre, evidence based, skilled nursing care, assessments, and interventions.
* Facilitate a variety of health education and health promotion training and group work, with clients and carers as needed.
* Support students and junior staff as required and will undertake to provide a rich learning experience for them.
* Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies/services.
* Lead on providing robust health liaison to acute and primary care to ensure our service users are able to access mainstream health services.
* Have a good awareness of the issues surrounding diversity and multi-cultural communities.
* Applies evidence-based nursing care to promote physical well-being utilising LD specific and mainstream health targets.
* Utilises a range of specialist assessments to identify and manage clinical risk for service users with complex physical health needs.
* Demonstrate willingness to implement NHS health care policies (e.g., NHS Long Term Plan) continuously working within the national policy agenda.
* Develop an understanding of local complex physical healthcare pathways and the clinical patient information & recording system (RIO).
Qualifications & Competencies
Implements NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined in 'Valuing People' (DoH, 2001) and National Service frameworks.
Advise and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, professionals and other agencies around complex clinical interventions and outcomes.
Benefits & EEO Statement
Disability Confident: The employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
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