Band 6: Clinical Nurse Practitioners (RNLD)

Would you like to be part of a new expansion within community services? Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated professional with significant experience in implementing high-quality, person-centred interventions to improve the quality of life for adults with a learning disability?An exciting opportunity has arisen as part of a recent commitment to increase and develop the Community Learning Disability Intensive Support Team (IST) in South Staffordshire.Band 6 Clinical Nurse Practitioner (RNLD) - Full TimeThe IST forms part of the wider South Staffordshire offer to supporting individuals with a Learning Disability and Autism who are experiencing difficulties which may otherwise lead to placement breakdown or hospital admission. The team is reliant upon effective working relationships between services within and outside of MPFT., You will be applying for a Clinical Nurse Practitioner role. Working as part of an established Multi Disciplinary Team, providing a valued clinical leadership role to design and deliver short term specialist interventions within the framework of an IST shared caseload. This will involve utilising your core specialist nursing skills, whilst implementing specialist behavioural assessment to inform Positive Behavioural Support. As an IST nurse, you will undertake a Lead Practitioner role to co-ordinate assessment and interventions throughout the IST clinical pathway with your MDT colleagues, and the service user, parent, and/or care provider, before discharging back to the referring clinician within the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT).

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated RNLD or suitably experienced nurse, with experience of delivering a professional person centred service with the aim of achieving positive life outcomes for adults with a learning disability.The IST is part of the Specialist Learning Disability Services and receives internal referrals from CLDT colleagues. The post requires interface with a number of teams/services to promote shared formulation. Including assessment and management of risks which place the individual and others at risk of serious harm; or for whom the nature/degree of risk might otherwise lead to exclusion, placement breakdown, and admission to inpatient services.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.