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Learning Disability Practitioner

2 months ago


Poole, Poole, United Kingdom Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group Full time
Job Description

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Community Health Specialist to join our team at Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality person-centered care to individuals with learning disabilities, promoting health and wellbeing, and improving health inequalities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement a plan to increase screening uptake, reflecting variations across Dorset, and inform the development of a sustainable delivery model.
  • Provide supervision, mentorship, training, and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.
  • Work with CTLD MDTs and Primary Care to support access to national screening programs for patients with learning disabilities.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to improve the quality and completeness of Learning Disability registers and prompt review where necessary.
  • Undertake a scoping review to identify learnings and areas for improvement.

Requirements:

  • Registered practitioner, public health professional, or lived experience peer worker to degree/diploma level supplemented by post.
  • Registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty.
  • Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level or equivalent if non-NHS background.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and health promotion interventions in the area of specialism.
  • Ability to prioritize and organize workload effectively.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
  • Experience of developing specialist programs of care for individuals or groups of patients/clients and providing highly specialist advice.
  • Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information and make clinical judgments.

Personal Qualities:

  • Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organization and with staff, patient/service users, visitors, or external organizations.
  • Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or cognitive barriers.
  • Experience of planning and organizing complex activities, such as organizing own time and that of junior staff and learners.
  • Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement.