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Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Learning Disabilities Specialist Screening Nurse had arisen within the Nursing, Therapies and Quality Team within Gloucestershire Health & Care NHSFT. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse to support adults with Learning Disabilities to access screening services across Gloucestershire including breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening as well as Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening. This will promote early identification and management of disease together with access to early interventions and treatment to improve outcomes. The post holder will work closely with our LDISS and IHOT teams, GP Surgeries, Hospitals, the Screening Programmes and third sector/advocacy organisations.

 You will be able to demonstrate that you are able to apply your nursing skills to a wide range of situations, working with a range of adults with a learning disability living within the community. There is an emphasis on the importance of clinical supervision and continued professional development, which we regard as a vital part of the delivery of care. You will be part of an innovative and dynamic team which utilises an evidence-based perspective. Well support and encourage you to develop specialist experience and expertise as appropriate.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

·      To work autonomously, prioritise and organise workload with monthly supervision with line manager

·      Provide complex, highly specialist advice and support to other members of the multi disciplinary team.

·      To work directly with service users, families, carers and health professionals with accessing screening appointments and implementation of reasonable adjustments.

·      Provide specialist education and training around improving access to specialist screening services to health care professionals and service users.

·      To be responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding safeguarding.

·      To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate and comprehensive records, using clinical electronic systems in accordance with the service process, professional record keeping standards and data protection regulations.

·      Contribute to reporting to key stakeholders to ensure that any project work around improving access to specialist screening for people with LD is on track and to discuss any identified variance and challenges.

·      To participate in research/audit to ensure that practice is evidence-based, safe and current

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.