Community Learning Disability Team Nurse Apply Now
Job Number HCC27001 Location Hertfordshire Directorate Adult Care Services Salary Range NHS Band 5 £29,970 progressing to £36,483 Contract Type Permanent Full Time/Part Time Full time/ Part time
Job Title: Community Learning Disability Team Nurse
Starting Salary: £29,970 progressing to £36,483 pa (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 15 and 37.5 per week
Location: Farnham House, Stevenage, Teams listed below
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services
Welwyn and Hatfield Adult Disability Team - 15 hours per week
East Herts and Broxbourne Adult Disability Team - 37.5 hours per week
North Herts Adult Disability Team - 37.5 hours per week
Would you like to make a real difference to people with learning disabilities and their carers through working in an award-winning community nursing service? If you do, this is your chance to be involved with an innovative and progressive nursing service with a range of nursing roles and opportunities for career progression.
About the Team
As a Community Nurse you will work alongside paid and family carers to support people with learning disabilities to access mainstream health services by supporting clinicians to make reasonable adjustments. Your skills in adapting and creating the right approach for the individual will help bridge the gaps and reduce the risk of avoidable health conditions.
About the Role
You will develop relationships with wider health partners to address the health inequalities for people with learning disabilities identified through the LeDeR Reports and increase the uptake of health initiatives by engaging people with learning disabilities and their carers. You will have access to a range of training and on the job training to enable you to develop as a practitioner and take part in projects with partners such as NHSE.
About you
* Qualified Registered Nurse
* Full UK Driving Licence and access to own car
* Ability to travel to alternative sites within reasonable timescales
* Multi-disciplinary Team working experience
* Able to cite evidence-based practice
* Community and hospital-based health care experience
* Knowledge of social model of disability
* Teaching skills
This is an ongoing role and applications will be considered as and when received.
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert/job outline, to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional information
Disability Confident: We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding: This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required: You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency: The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required).
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