Community Learning Disability Nurse

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a rare opportunity to join our friendly Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside. Our team is a large well established and supportive multi disciplinary team offering holistic health care to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside.

We are looking for Staff who are passionate in providing support to people who have a learning disability to maintain their physical health and emotional wellbeing

The Ideal candidate will have an understanding of National and Local Policies relating to the management of people with learning disabilities.

Please note that previous applicants do not need to apply.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

The post holder will be welcomed as a member as a member of the friendly, community learning disabilities team in Northumbria Health Care Trust offering regular team meetings, robust support and supervision, and a commitment to continued professional development.

As an integral part of North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team, the post holder will be solely responsible for a personal caseload including assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care.
They will be passionate about working in collaboration with service users, their family, carers and professional colleagues in order to enhance health and wellbeing, to prevent or reduce behaviour that challenges.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

To provide a high quality community nursing service to adults who have a learning disability within the North Tyneside area.

To work across Primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equality of access for those with learning disabilities.

To work with other agencies and services (statutory and non statutory) to ensure equality of access for those with a learning disability and facilitate effective communication between clients and other agencies.

To provide community nursing support to adults who have behavioural/mental health problems. Support the design and implement Positive Behaviour Support Plans

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