Intensive Support Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual who wants to make a positive difference to those we work with.

The Intensive Support Team works with individuals who have a learning disability, with additional and complex needs who may require a crisis intervention and intensive support to prevent placement breakdown, an admission to hospital or to support discharge following a hospital stay.

The team works alongside the community adult LD teams in Norfolk to provide this service predominantly 9-5, 7 days a week with the occasional need to work outside of these core hours., 1. Working with the Team Leader ensuring the delivery of high quality, focused service for people with learning disabilities and mental health and associated needs in partnership with the community learning disabilities team(s) as appropriate.
2. Responsible for the assessment planning, implementation, evaluation/ monitoring and discharge (as appropriate) of people with learning disabilities in partnership with the community learning disabilities team.
3. To offer advice and specialist knowledge around the holistic, pro-active and reactive (as required), care of a person with a learning disability such as mental health needs, behaviours that challenge and Positive Behaviour Support in conjunction with the person's learning disability.
4. Offer problem solving advice and appropriate response to those individuals active to the AST, to maintain safety during out of hour's periods.
5. Acting up for Team Leader in their absence as required
6. Provide appropriate intensive interventions, role modelling, advice, telephone support, shadowing, observations, information gathering, formulations, care planning and risk management of needs.
7. Work flexibly and innovatively with partner agencies to focus assessment and support in a timely fashion and avoid unnecessary deterioration in quality of life.
8. Offer training and awareness of supporting patients with behaviours that challenge (through approaches such as; Positive Behaviour Support and mental health issues.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.