We are looking for a substantive Band 6 registered professional Mental Health professional to be part of the Learning Disability Service in Sirona. The post holder will be employed by AWP and receive management supervision within AWP but be on an honorary contract for Sirona and fully embedded into the Sirona service
Your role will involve CPA co-ordination, holding a caseload of clients who may have complex presentations, providing consultation and mental health advice to members of the wider Community Learning Disability Team and mainstream services.
You will work mainly across the Bristol area and will work with service users in a variety of settings. Some travel to further locations may be required to attend CPA / CTR meetings and support the timely discharge of service users in out of area hospital placements in accordance with the Transforming Care agenda.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to understand how mental illness in people with Learning Disabilities may be different from a mainstream presentation. The ability to implement “reasonable adjustments” in the assessment, planning and delivery of mental health care is an essential part of this role.
An ability to liaise with mainstream inpatient services about what unique challenges someone with a Learning Disability might face in hospital is an important aspect of this role. You will support service users where possible to access mainstream services and will provide advice and consultation to these services.
You will be working closely with Consultant psychiatrists to monitor the effects of psychotropic medication. You will have the ability to work in a collaborative, pro-active and preventative way to reduce the need for admission to hospital and deliver interventions to promote recovery and wellness. You will be one of three nursing practitioners who support the needs of people with Learning Disabilities who have additional mental health needs.
Your role will involve CPA co-ordination, holding a caseload of clients who may have complex presentations, providing consultation and mental health advice to members of the wider Community Learning Disability Team and mainstream services.
You will work mainly across the Bristol area and will work with service users in a variety of settings. Some travel to further locations may be required to attend CPA / CTR meetings and support the timely discharge of service users in out of area hospital placements in accordance with the Transforming Care agenda.
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
The Sirona Adult Learning Disability Health (ALDH) Service is a centre of excellence for specialist learning disability health needs. We cover 3 localities where multidisciplinary teams enable our service users to access health services through direct care, liaison with other services and offering support and training on how to work with people who have a learning disability and how to make reasonable adjustments. The service prides itself on delivering high quality support to service users with a variety of physical and mental health issues alongside their Learning Disability. All staff are required to use a range of communication and listening skills to work effectively with our service users. Where necessary you will be required to work at other bases or work remotely from home.
This post represents a key opportunity to contribute to the transformation of the Mental Health Nurse role within the Learning Disability service. The role is evolving to meet the complex and changing needs of individuals with learning disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
