Learning Disability Hospital Liaison Nurse

Are you passionate about improving the experience and outcomes for adults with learning disabilities in hospital? Do you want to play a key role in delivering safe, effective and equitable care within acute services?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Learning Disability Nurse to join the Learning Disability Hospital Liaison Service across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This role supports patients across Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital (Winchester), and Andover War Memorial Hospital.

The base for this role is flexible and can be agreed between Basingstoke and Winchester. The post involves regular cross-site work; a shuttle bus service is available between Basingstoke and Winchester.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Registered Nurse in Learning Disability (RNLD)
• *Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• *Makaton or other communication techniques.

Experience

Essential

• *Experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities in healthcare environments, with an understanding of the role of liaison in improving patient outcomes and experiences.
• *Experience of providing supportive leadership input when required to help maintain smooth service delivery in the acute hospital.
• *Ability to identify and escalate concerns appropriately, including safeguarding and incident reporting, to reduce risk and promote a culture of patient safety.
• *Ability to support and advise hospital staff in delivering high-quality, person-centred care for individuals with learning disabilities.
• *Ability to lead and coordinate complex patient-centred meetings within an acute hospital environment while effectively managing a caseload.
• *Confidence and skills to provide training to general hospital staff on topics related to learning disability.
• *Ability to recognise the inequalities in healthcare that people with a learning disability often face. Evidence of making reasonable adjustments that help tackle these health inequalities.
• *A sound knowledge base of the complexities of legal frameworks, and implementation skills of using the Mental Capacity Act.

Desirable

• *Experience of working in a busy environment.
• *Experience of working flexibly to meet service user's needs.

About the employer

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence