Job overview

Specialist Practice Nurse – Band 6

Full time, permanent role

Brooklands Hospital are looking to appoint a Specialist Practice Nurse to work along side a wide multidisciplinary team responsible for the delivery of primary health care needs to patients with a Learning disability and/or autism.

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Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Making best use of clinical skills and enabling the development of a wide range of specialist clinics/services to best address the health needs of the inpatient service users. The post holder will take the lead and develop primary nursing services within the area of Learning Disability and provide appropriate primary care nursing service users at the Marston Green Site, including treatment, screening and advice within their professional capabilities and in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.

Working for our organisation

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Must be a first level registered nurse RNLD/RNMH/RGN
  • Must hold current registration with the NMC.
  • Significant post registration experience

    • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Wide range of experience meeting the health needs of people with learning disabilities

    • We strongly encourage all staff to have both doses of vaccination as it still remains the most effective way to protect all Trust employees, their family members and patients against infection. 

    Please consider this before submitting an application for this position

    The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

    The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

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    Applicant requirements

    You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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    Further details / informal visits contact

    NameAlison LippettJob titleMatronEmail addressTelephone number0121 329 4989