Band 6 Community Nurse Frailty and Dementia

Job description

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Community Nurse Frailty and Dementia- Learning Disabilities - Band 6 (part time - 30 hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced and highly motivated individual to join community city wide service within the Learning Disabilities Service.

Due to the nature of the role this is open to Registered Nurses Learning Disability who have experience in supporting service users with frailty and or dementia.

The role involves providing specialist support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities who are frail and/or diagnosed with dementia and supporting their carers. The successful candidate will provide clinical services through the effective management of an active caseload.

You will be an experienced and flexible individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for multi disciplinary team working.

Main duties of the job

To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities and their carers.

To work within the framework of health facilitation (level one and two).

To co-ordinate a clinical service under the supervision of Senior Community Nurses.

To provide support to adults with learning disability who have dementia and/or frailty.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage and co-ordinate a caseload under the supervision of the Senior Community Nurse.

To focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services.

To promote service development and planning within mainstream services supporting them to achieve Valuing People targets and examine initiatives to reduce health inequalities.

To assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review programmes of care and ensure measurable outcomes and discharges are efficiently and effectively carried out.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To manage and co-ordinate a caseload under the supervision of the Senior Community Nurse.

To focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services.

To promote service development and planning within mainstream services supporting them to achieve Valuing People targets and examine initiatives to reduce health inequalities.

To assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review programmes of care and ensure measurable outcomes and discharges are efficiently and effectively carried out.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training

Essential

• Registered Nurse: Learning Disabilities or Mental Health
• Post qualification training

Desirable

• ENB 998 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration
• Working with Multi-disciplinary Teams
• Dealing with complex health needs
• Working with Multi-agencies

Desirable

• Experience in managing frailty & dementia

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of assessment processes
• Understanding diversity
• Level 1 & 2 health facilitation
• Understand legislation in relation to people with learning disabilities
• Ability to undertake and understand audit tools
• Knowledge of Care Programme Approach
• Good IT skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal

personal qualities

Essential

• Confident
• Assertive

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Car driver essential with full licence and access to a vehicle
• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• On call participation
• Flexible working

Person Specification
Qualifications/training

Essential

• Registered Nurse: Learning Disabilities or Mental Health
• Post qualification training

Desirable

• ENB 998 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration
• Working with Multi-disciplinary Teams
• Dealing with complex health needs
• Working with Multi-agencies

Desirable

• Experience in managing frailty & dementia

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of assessment processes
• Understanding diversity
• Level 1 & 2 health facilitation
• Understand legislation in relation to people with learning disabilities
• Ability to undertake and understand audit tools
• Knowledge of Care Programme Approach
• Good IT skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal

personal qualities

Essential

• Confident
• Assertive

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Car driver essential with full licence and access to a vehicle
• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• On call participation
• Flexible working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address

The Greenfields

30 Brookfield Drive

Kings Norton, Birmingham

B30 3QY

United Kingdom

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