Job summary
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.
An opportunity has arisen with the service, for a Band 5 Community Nurse post to work within the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team covering the Morecambe Bay area and therefore applicants must be able to travel independently of public transport. We are looking for a highly motivated and a conscientious team player who has excellent communication and clinical skills, looking to build experience in working with community teams.
The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with adults with learning disabilities and autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.
The post holder will work within an integrated health team, providing clinical support to adults with learning disabilities who have additional complex needs.
Main duties of the job
As a band 5 community nurse you will be expected to support the clinical activity of the teams in meeting the needs of local people with learning disabilities in the community. You will have skills in working with adults with learning disabilities, and associated communication and behavioural needs. The post holder will undertake delegated duties by senior nurses, and will be accountable to the Operational Manager and Senior Community Nurse and Locality Lead Nurse, and will be providing administrative support within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.
It is expected you will be able to use IT clinical record systems.
Applicants must be NMC registered.
Applicants need to have the ability to travel within LSCFT.
Working for our organisation
We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.
Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:
We are kind
We are a team
We are respectful
We are always learning
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration NMC Qualification.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national and local policy/good practice pertaining to health and social care.
- Good communication skills for use in a variety of settings with clients, carers and professionals of varying levels of understanding.
- Demonstrate good standard of verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of legal, moral and ethical practice codes within nursing practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication – Non verbal, verbal and written.
- Experience of assessment and care planning process.
- Organisational skills – ability to manage own time and workload.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Neville
- Job title
- Senior Community Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07866043660
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01772 215833
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