About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join the Learning Disability Liaison Nurse Team in Oxford. If you are passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities access healthcare and aspire to provide person centred care in an acute hospital setting, we invite you to apply for this role.
You will have the opportunity to work in an experienced and skilled team, delivering high quality patient care across emergency departments, inpatient and out-patient settings within the John Radcliffe Hospital, Horton General Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Churchill Hospital.
Alongside the clinical element of the role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and experience in delivering training, audits, quality improvement projects and policy and pathway development.
Main duties of the job
The liaison nurse ensures that the needs of the person with a learning disability are met when they require care from the Trust's clinical services, to facilitate access to the various wards and departments and ensures good communication between people with learning disabilities, their families/carers and Trust clinical teams.
Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by evidence-based practice and OUH values. To work proactively and with a person-centred approach, to ensure the needs of a person with learning disabilities are identified and met. To working collaboratively with carers, family and support staff and ensure care is co-ordinated across agencies. Provide specialist nursing care for the team's caseload of patients. Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Contribute to the development of services. Demonstrate, develop and maintain specialist knowledge of learning disability nursing practice in order to act as a clinical expert and professional resource. Undertake the responsibilities associated with being a mentor and preceptor reflecting the beliefs about professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate. Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with The Code (NMC 2015).
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description Job responsibilities
For a full overview of the role and responsibilities please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Patient Care
Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times. Lead on the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care from pre-admission to discharge, by demonstrating a collaborative approach through effective communication and decision making between the multi-professional team, patients and significant others. Professional Practice
Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide person centred, evidence based nursing care. Leadership and Management
Promote effective interpersonal relationships with all members of the multi-professional team thereby ensuring a good team spirit, collaborative and person centred working practices. Education and Training
Be actively involved in the development, delivery and support of training for all OUH staff to raise awareness and develop skills and knowledge of the needs of people with learning disabilities. Improving Quality and Developing Practice
Keep up to date with professional issues that influence nursing practice relating to the area of clinical practice, management education and research. Demonstrate a commitment to evidence based practice and clinical excellence. Using these skills works collegiately to promote innovation and work within the nursing team in the provision of an excellent standard of patient care in line with Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) values.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disability post graduate experience with people with learning disability
Desirable
post graduate qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Stable Block John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford
OX39DU
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)