Job Description

The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability team in North Tyneside 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 work into community with families and carers. They will be responsible for a personal caseload. They will work across primary and secondary healthcare services to ensure equity of access for those with a learning disability. They will assess, plan, implement & evaluate high quality care for adults who have a learning disability.



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.



This post will be based with the Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside but the post holder will be required to work in a range of settings in North Tyneside.



The post holder will manage their own caseload, complete health and risk assessments.



The post holder will support the STOMP (Stopping the overmedication of people with a learning disability) team in delivering assessment, PBS care planning and overseeing peoples medication management. The post holder will also be required to provide STOMP training to parents, carers and wider stakeholders.



The post holder will support the skills of the wider CLDT service to ensure physical health and wellbeing is prioritised and embedded within all aspects of specialist work.



Chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings



Provide supervision and appraisal for junior staff



Be involved in developing and delivering training



Partake in group work



Be involved in audit and quality improvement projects



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.



The post holder will provide specialised nursing care and Positive Behavioural Support plans for adults living within the North Tyneside area .



The post holder will have supervisory responsibilities for junior staff and also work within the Integrated Community Learning Disability Team ensuring the service continues to provide the highest possible of care to the patients we support.



There is an expectation the post holder will chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and be involved with service development, audits and quality improvements.



Car driver essential.