About this role
Job summary
Are you looking for a fulfilling and varied role? Do you want to develop your career in community learning disability nursing? Are you looking for part-time working as part of your work life balance?
A rare and exciting opportunity for a Senior Community Nurse has arisen within our Waveney Community team for adults with learning disabilities.
As a team we continually strive to develop the services we offer, to ensure they're high quality and evidence based. To support our aims, we are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse to join our dynamic multi- disciplinary service. You'll be joining an innovative team of nurses, and other professionals, working collaboratively with multiple agencies and professional clinicians.
Our service covers the geographical area of the Waveney region in North Suffolk and you'll be responsible for managing a caseload from our base in Oulton, Lowestoft.
Main duties of the job
If you're able to think and work creatively with individuals and their carers - we want to hear from you!
The ideal candidate should possess excellent and varied communication skills, enjoy working as part of a team, and working closely with colleagues from a range of disciplines. You will be able to work independently, carry out comprehensive assessments and plan, implement and evaluate delivery of nursing interventions as part of the holistic approach.
You will also be able to demonstrate that you are able to apply your nursing skills to a wide range of situations, as you'll be working with a range of adults with a learning disability living within the community.
We have a culture of continued learning, including CPD sessions and opportunities for training, reflection, supervision and service development.
We place an emphasis on the importance of clinical supervision and continued professional development; we offer a variety of opportunities in a supportive, friendly and stimulating working environment. We'll support and encourage you to develop specialist experience and expertise as appropriate
About us
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We have travel links to London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa pro rata, based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All applicants will either be registered RNLD or RMN.
Please note, you must have a full and valid driving licence due to the community element of the role and the geographical area that the Waveney Team cover.
The team is based in Oulton, Lowestoft and there will be an expectation of travel. Due to the nature of community health services, the successful candidate will have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.
CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, with the relevant professional registration
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)
Desirable
- student assessor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health / learning disability practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable
- Experience working within a learning disability setting
- experience working in a community / MDT setting
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently
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
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Lothingland Community Unit
2 Airey Close
Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk,
NR32 3JQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)