Nurse Associate Practitioner

Job summary

Are you interested in being part of transforming and developing an innovative service? Humber's Learning Disability Intensive Support Team aims to support people with learning disabilities and their families/carers.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to support the multidisciplinary team and Learning Disability Service in supporting people under the team's care with physical health investigations, planning, and implementing interventions.

We are recruiting one full-time Band 4 Nursing Associate Practitioner. The role will involve working closely with nurses, care coordinators, psychologists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists, as well as the wider teams.

The Practitioner will focus on health action planning and liaising with primary care services to ensure that people with learning disabilities who are supported by the LD-IST receive a high standard of service.

The successful post holder will receive regular supervision and training to support them in carrying out their role successfully.

The successful candidate will work across the Intensive Support Team (IST) and the Learning Disability Inpatient Unit. This role provides the opportunity to develop skills and experience across two closely linked services while ensuring continuity of care for patients as they move through the Learning Disability Pathway. The role will also provide the opportunity to gain a wider understanding of the patient and family/carer journey.

Main duties of the job

• To work under the direction of the Band 6 Specialist Nurses and Band 5 Registered Nurses to implement physical health interventions for service users with learning disabilities.
• To liaise with primary healthcare services to implement reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities.
• To demonstrate an understanding of learning disabilities and consider appropriate ways of working with patients, while advising colleagues on reasonable adjustments.
• To communicate effectively and attend meetings where appropriate, working as part of the LD-IST multidisciplinary team
• To support other members of the team in evaluating the service's effectiveness and completing audits when required.
• To document all work completed using the Trust's electronic record system in line with documentation standards and legislation.
• To attend relevant training to support the effective delivery of the role.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

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