Nurse Specialist

4 weeks ago

Batley, Kirklees, United Kingdom South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Nurse Specialist to join our Intensive Support Team (IST) in Kirklees. As a key member of our team, you will provide specialist assessment, support, and treatment for individuals receiving intensive support and care, enabling service users to engage in a wide range of individual and group-based treatment activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide specialist assessment, support, and treatment for individuals receiving intensive support and care.
  • Work closely with the IST multidisciplinary team to provide an intensive, wrap-around service to help improve the outcomes for service users.
  • Use your nursing skills to support the assessment and delivery of high-quality therapeutic interventions to address the holistic needs of service users.
  • Assess and review reports to feed into Positive Behavioral Support plans/interventions, liaison with families and support staff to implement communication interventions, and participate in meetings to help facilitate the coordination of cases.
  • Work proactively alongside ward staff, community agencies, and voluntary agencies to provide a seamless service for service users.
  • Maintain an effective communication network within the team and liaise with other agencies and disciplines from the voluntary and statutory sectors to ensure that service user needs are met.
  • Maintain up-to-date service user records and activity data in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
  • Provide and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings, ward rounds, clinics, and case conferences as required.
  • Empower families and carers to support individuals with learning disabilities.
  • Promote the positive health and well-being of the individual.
Requirements
  • Specialist knowledge and application of assessments and interventions relevant to learning disabilities.
  • Programme Approach, Risk assessment, and management.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Substantial post-registration experience working in learning disabilities.
  • Supervision of staff and students.
  • Experience of a range of mental health/learning disabilities settings, e.g., mental health positive behavior support, Autism.
  • RNLD or BSc/BA, MA Occupational Therapy.
  • Additional post-graduate qualification in positive behavior support at Diploma/Degree level.
  • HCPC State Registration/NMC registration.
About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health, and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families, and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical, and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

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