Clinical Nurse Specialist for Learning Disabilities & Autism

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We are pleased to inform you that we are recruiting for a dynamic, self- motivating Band 7 Learning Disability & Autism CNS to join our Safeguarding Adults team to support our Learning Disability and Autism agenda at UCLH.

One of the key roles will to work with our other Band 7 LD & Autism CNS to play a high profile presence within the UCLH and act as an expert in the field of learning disabilities and/or autism, helping set the strategic direction as well as operationally working with patients and their families/carers, staff and our community partners.

An important part of the role will be to provide expert advice for staff to ensure the Mental Capacity Act and the Best Interest process is followed for service users who may lack capacity to make decisions for themselves.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
• Eastman Dental Hospital
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

The post holder will influence and lead the ongoing professional development of clinical practice within Learning Disability and/or Autism practice, undertake evidence based research and contribute to the setting of clinical standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, protocols, guidelines and service developments in collaboration with multi- disciplinary colleagues.

This developed and well established role will work with stakeholders, multi-agency & multi agency teams to ensure that people with learning disabilities and/or autism have full and appropriate access to healthcare within the hospital setting. She/he will liaise with all relevant parties to obtain information and plan effectively for all hospital visits and to ensure effective and safe integrated discharge planning.

The post holder will be committed to providing training to staff across multi-disciplinary areas and across the multiple sites that Trust has, to enhance the patient experience and improve patient outcomes.

Please note that the proposed dates for the face to face interview are likely to be on the 26.4.2023 at 250 Euston Road, London NW1 2PG