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Nurse - Learning Disability Services Complex Health Team - CHC
The closing date is 01 June 2025
An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse, within our Complex Health Team, within Portsmouth's Integrated Learning Disability Service (ILDS) hosted by Portsmouth City Council.
As a nurse within the Complex Health Team, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary specialist health care team, within the integrated learning disability service. Your role will be focused on people with slighter higher and more complex healthcare needs, in receipt of CHC funding.
You will be supporting people to get the best care that they can to live their lives to the full.
You will be supported by an experienced team, with regular supervision and hybrid working options available. We can offer you high-quality professional support and a strong commitment to personal development. As a member of the team, you would receive an induction program linked to your particular needs, regular supervision and access to internal and interagency training. There is peer support, regular team supervision meetings, group and individual clinical supervision and regular line management meetings.
Your role will be varied, working with service users, family, and carers that you will establish and maintain positive professional relationships with.
If you enjoy being a part of a team, are creative, seeking a new challenge and want to make a positive difference to the lives of people with a learning disability and their families / carers, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will provide person centred assessments and interventions for adults with Learning Disabilities who have associated complex health needs in partnership with families, other agencies and carers. As an enthusiastic and well-motivated professional you will possess strong interpersonal, communication and literacy skills, demonstrating an ability to work with a range of professionals, agencies and carers, and manage a clinical caseload involving assessment, clinical nursing intervention and co-ordination of services.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* *RNLD or RGN (with appropriate experience and knowledge) or equivalent essential - (other parts of the Nursing Register may be considered dependent upon relevant experience)
* *Teaching & assessing
* *Full clean driving licence
* *Degree in Nursing
* *Other relevant post graduation or specialist training
Experience
* *Experience of working with People with a learning disability, within a variety of settings
* *Experienced in developing care plans
* *Experienced in developing and delivering care and clinical interventions to patients
* *Experience of MDT working
* *Experience of teaching, training and / or supervision
* *Knowledge of the Continuing Health Care process or a willingness to train.
* *Evidence of recent CPD
* *Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources
* *Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
* *Clinically competent at Band 5 level
* *Ability to prioritise workload and work autonomously, instruct and direct others; work is managed, not supervised
* *Able to deal with frequent emotional or distressing circumstances
* *Using judgement when evaluating patients' condition/progress
* *Ability to work as part of a team and support development of others
* *Ability to adapt to changes in the work situation
* *Understanding of the health needs of people in their care and health promotion
* *Understanding of a range of clinical approaches
* *Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a yearBased on full time hours
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