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Job OverviewBand 6 Learning Disabilities Nursing PostWe are extremely proud to have been awarded a HSJ award this year - Mental Health Trust of the year, November 2021!This is an exciting period of innovation for the learning disability service and a wonderful opportunity to join the Community Learning Disabilities Nursing Team.The post holder will be a key member of our dynamic, compassionate and dedicated nursing team providing client centered care using evidence based practice to deliver the highest standards of care to our clients. You will undertake triage, assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care that will all be aligned to best practice standards and principles that reflect of our commitment to provide the very best care to our clients.
Main duties of the jobYou will be empowered and facilitated to work autonomously, as part of your team and the wider MDT. You will be supported to work across professional boundaries and manage a caseload of adults with severe and/or complex learning disabilities.You will be presented with wonderful opportunities to contribute to the maintenance and development of the learning disability service. You will also play a key role in developing quality and service improvements.We have a number of base locations and there is some negotiation around this that can be discussed with the appointed applicant.The following is a list of the key relationships that the post holder will engage with:
- Service Users, carers and families and other people who are significant to the service user
- Line Manager
- Clinical supervisors
- Other CTALD professionals including Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist and Psychology Professionals
- Community social care providers
- Primary and secondary healthcare services
- Trust wide Nursing colleagues
- LD Liaison Nurses
- Special interest groups eg, Sensory Integration Network
- Stake holders
- Adult Social Care
- Safeguarding Team
This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic nursing team who are dedicated to providing high quality, person-centred nursing care and interventions to the adult LD population within Somerset.
Working for our organisationAs an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone!The LD Nursing Team and the wider team pride itself on the holistic approach to care and the Multi-disciplinary Team working that is held at the centre of practice. The nursing team are a vital and integral part of the MDT and work closely with the wider team across different pathways, based on principles of good practice.This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic nursing team who are dedicated to providing high quality, person-centred nursing care and interventions to the adult LD population within Somerset.
If you are successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and Photo ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)Our values are simple: Outstanding Care, Working Together, Listening and Leading.BenefitsWith this in mind, we offer a range of colleague benefits includingWe recognise that our colleagues are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientious of our colleagues.Excellent annual leave entitlementEnhanced rates of payNHS Pension SchemeFree parking on most of our sitesNHS discountsTraining and developmentFlexible workingPaid registration fees for the 1st year for newly qualified colleaguesFor more information please contact the recruitment team via email: SomersetNHSJobs@SomersetFT.nhs.ukBy submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable), any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing and with the Data Protection Act (2018) standards especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data ( sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). Other principles under Data Protection will be observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII).Our trust has been awarded HSJ Mental Health Trust of the Year for 2021, This award follows a busy time for Somerset FT, now in its second year as a trust providing mental health and learning disability services, community and acute hospital services following a merger in April 2020. For more information on this fantastic award, please click herePlease Note: Our Trust is undergoing a merger to enable Yeovil Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to become one combined organisation in April 2023. If you are successful in securing employment with the Trust we wanted to make you aware of this proposed merger. If this merger is confirmed, your employment will continue as part of the newly formed Trust.