Nursing Associate - Learning Disability / Autism - Hospital@Home

As the LDA Nursing Associate in the team you will have a breadth of knowledge across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support for young people up to 18 years old and in a variety of settings. Your base will be in the new offices in the Meadow Unit on the Warneford site, there also will be planned visits within the community across the Thames Valley collaborative area. you will be required to work flexibly, whilst planned between the hours of 8am-8pm. The role will assist the registered nursing staff (Band 5 and above) and other health professionals to deliver a wide range of nursing interventions including the care and treatment of multiple mental health illness' , young people that may have a learning disability and/ or autism and social vulnerability. It requires strong all-round capability, insights and adaptability in physical and mental health, as well as organisational, communication and inter-personal skills. By managing the care pathway, we will be able to ensure that children and young people are cared for in an inpatient setting or via an 'out of hospital' service as close to home as possible. This will:

• Reduce the burden on families to travel long distances
• Enhance continued engagement with community clinical teams
• Encourage early therapeutic home leave
• Minimise Length of Stay
• Avoid admission
  
  Are you interested in delivering intensive community support to young people and their families, as an alternative to hospital admission?
Are you keen to work with highly motivated and passionate colleagues? The Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Hospital at Home team are looking for a Registered Nursing Associate to join their team. You must have already completed or be nearing completion of your Nursing Associate Foundation Degree in order to be eligible to apply for this role.

LDA Hospital at Home is an innovative new service being developed under the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative. The Hospital at Home team will focus on young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities AND/OR a severe degree of functional impairment associated with an autism diagnosis who are at risk of home or placement breakdown and who could meet the threshold for inpatient care. In some cases, the team will help prevent unnecessary admissions and in others, young people will be stepped down from tier 4 care through the LDA Hospital at Home team, shortening their inpatient admission. LDA Hospital at Home maximizes the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admission, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care., The LDA Hospital at Home team are currently recruiting our multi-disciplinary team (MDT), we are a specialist service working with patients up to 18 years old, who are at risk of admission due to mental health difficulties. Should you wish to discuss the role in more detail ahead of making an application please contact the modern matron, Penny Foley Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team". Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent". At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team