Community Nurse Development Post

We would like to recruit a confident, dynamic and enthusiastic Nurse to join us for the opportunity to over time, build the confidence to becoming a band 6 nurse with the team. This is a new and exciting opportunity whereby we can explore the successful candidate users with vital intensive support that people need at this critical time in their lives. We would accept the right candidate with a learning disability or mental health nursing qualification. The successful candidate must have worked with people with a learning disability previously either in the community or in an inpatient setting, be keen to continue to work with people who have complex needs and have awareness of the needs of people who have a learning disability. The successful candidate will be based within the Intensive Support Team. The service currently runs 7 days a week, covering the city of Leeds. The successful candidate must hold a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle. The band 5 Community Nurse will provide direct clinical care to adults with a learning disability with the aim to improve service users lives and prevent admissions to specialist mental health and general health hospitals by ensuring that the right plans are in place. The post holder will work towards providing clinical supervision to junior colleagues within the team as part of the work plan and review of competencies. Please refer to the job description for further details on the below: Communication/Relationship Skills Reporting and Recording Knowledge, training, skills, and experience Analysis, Problem Solving and Judgmental Skills Planning and Organisational Skills Physical & IT Skills Ability to travel and access to a suitable vehicle for community-based work essential for post Service User/Client Care To safely administer medication in accordance with NMC Code and policy / procedures Policy and Service Development Implementation Responsible for Financial and Physical Resources Responsible for Human Resources Responsible for Information Resources Research and Development (R & D) Freedom to Act Health, Safety and Risk Management Training and Personal Development Safeguarding/Raising concerns Information Governance and data quality Confidentiality Data Quality Trust Values Equality and Diversity Infection Control High Quality Patient Care NHS Constitution