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Job overview

Senior Staff Nurse - Band 6 -  A&T, Harplands:

Do you want to be part of an innovative and collaborative Team? We are looking for experienced applicants for a Senior Staff Nurse Band 6 post.  This is a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills and drive some exciting developments working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of high-quality individualised care and treatment to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. You will be supported by the Team to ensure we continue to maintain excellent, patient focused services in line with our national and locally agreed targets.

The Assessment and Treatment Unit provides highly specialised assessment, formulation, and intervention to meet individual needs. The service works within positive behavioural support frameworks and provides trauma-informed care. Learning Disability Services are undergoing a programme of modernisation and so this is an exciting time to join the service and be part of the transformation journey.

The post holder will practice autonomously, be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence-based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. They will be responsible for proactively identifying through assessment  the care needs of patients and leading formulation and programmes of care, implementation, and the evaluation of these programmes.

Main duties of the job

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of people with learning disabilities. The Trust promotes prevention, early detection and treatment of health-related issues for adults with learning disabilities. The service is wholly committed to the use of Person Centred Planning approaches and affording adults with learning disabilities opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control.

The post holder will support the assessment, formulation and treatment/intervention given to patients within the Assessment and Treatment Unit; implementing clinical pathways and utilising evidence-based models of care. The post holder will work closely with colleagues to ensure timely progress through the service, and to ensure that there is a focus on discharge planning even prior to admission.

The post-holder will support senior staff in the day-to-day organisation and running of the Unit.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.