Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
1. The post holder will provide a specialist role within the Community Team and will demonstrate higher levels of decision-making and enable the monitoring and implementation of standards of care and to ensure that own clinical practice is driven through clinical governance in line with service requirements and be able to:
Main duties of the job
2. Support and empower clients, their families and carers to influence and participate in decisions concerning their care by providing information on a range of specialist nursing care and service options. Participate in local and national learning disability mainstreaming and health equality projects as required, which will include the Learning disability and Autism Strategy 5 year Plan, Health for all group, 6 lives, Transforming Care and LeDeR action plan. Promote a positive profile of the Community Learning Disability Service with GP’s, Primary Health Care teams and other statutory and voluntary sectors. Develop with the client, an on-going care plan for health, with an emphasis on preventative measures and promoting well-being ( facilitating health promotion clinics. Fully engage in all aspects of the safeguarding adult’s process and take lead responsibilities for reporting.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
3. We are kind.
4. We are respectful.
5. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder should be able to act as an autonomous, NMC registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
To be able to assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of service users with Learning Disabilities. This includes those with chronic, acute and palliative care within own competencies and those with extreme challenging needs and syndrome related conditions. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
To ensure that risk assessment / management procedures are implemented including Safeguarding Adult Procedures.
Detailed responsibilities and roles are outlined in the Job description.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
6. Qualification
7. years of experience
8. Other Qualifications / Training
Desirable criteria
9. Other Essential Qualifications
10. Other Essential skills range of computer programmes, Clinical Audits
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Knowledge of at least 2 years of experience
12. Ability to assess complex health & wellbeing needs & develop, monitor & review care plans to meet those needs
13. Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
14. Experience of the Safeguarding adult process and its application to Learning Disabilities.
15. Working with other agencies and Ability to apply equal opportunities & anti-discriminatory interventions that respect the service users’ customs
Kowledge
Essential criteria
16. Up to date knowledge of contemporary Learning Disability & mental health and social care legislation and DH policy direction.
17. Good understanding of risk assessment and management procedures and application of positive risk taking.
18. Safeguarding processes
19. Understanding of processes and issues in working with other agencies and partners.
20. Understanding of the National Service Framework and understanding of Learning Disability and Autism Strategy
Skills
Essential criteria
21. Good awareness of IT and IT skills
22. Demonstrate skills in assessing risk and implementing risk management plans.
23. Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
24. Work effectively with a range of services, co-ordinating a care plan that enables the service user to attain their goals.
25. Prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.
Other
Essential criteria
26. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
27. To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
28. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
29. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
30. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
31. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.