Band 6 Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse
5 days ago
Job summary
This service will be transitioning toHCRGCare Group from the 1st April 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved.
Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated Learning Disability or Mental Health nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience? Do you have a passion for supporting people with Learning Disabilities who have additional health needs to live fulfilling lives?
If so, we would be very interested to hear from you ...
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Learning Disability Nurse or Mental Health Nurse to work as an AWP employee within the Community Learning Disability and Autism Diagnostic Service. This role is with the Specialist Learning Disability Health Community Team.
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and manage a complex community caseload. You will supervise staff and students and be supported to develop your skills career with AWP.
The role involves CPA co-ordination, holding a caseload of clients who may have complex presentations, providing consultation and learning disability advice to mainstream services.
Main duties of the job
Working in a collaborative, pro-active and preventative way to reduce the need for admission to hospital and deliver interventions to promote recovery and wellness. You will work closely with other disciplines within the team, as well as those from other agencies, to to assess and monitor the health of clients and provide therapeutic interventions .
Working within Swindon area, you will work with service users in a variety of settings. This will involve travelling between visits and appointments.
You will have the ability to understand how physical and mental illness in people with Learning Disabilities may be different from a mainstream presentation. The ability to implement "reasonable adjustments" in the assessment, planning and delivery of physical and mental health care is an essential part of this role.
Liaison with mainstream services about what unique challenges someone with a Learning Disability might face in hospital is an important aspect of this role. You will support service users where possible to access mainstream services and will provide advice and consultation to these services.
About us
We areAWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within
AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive, specialist health support for clients with LD living in the community and in a range of settings.
Please see job description for full details.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Current relevant registration with the NMC- registered mental health Nurse or registered learning Disability Nurse
Desirable
Community Caseload Management Learning disability experience Experience of supervising staff.-
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