Staff Nurse Named Patient - Complex Care Community, Complex Care CF Package

Staff Nurse - Named Patient, Community,  Complex Care

• RN Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Registered nurse with relevant experience
  
• Permanent Full and part time posts available

• Named Patient
• Community setting/patient’s home, currently based in Midlothian

Duties & responsibilities:

We are now welcoming applications from Registered Learning Disability and Mental Health Nurses or Adult nurses with the relevant experience to a named patient care team, hosted by the Complex Care service in Midlothian.

The post holder will have responsibility for caring for an individual client who has a learning disability and challenging behaviour in the client’s own home on a 2:1 basis.

The post holder will be providing support for the client in all aspects of care and activities of daily living, ensuring delivery of a high level of care for the client.

Key requirements:

• The post holder will be a Registered Learning Disability, Mental Health or first level registered nurse with experience working with clients with autism and challenging behavior or similar.
• A knowledge of NHS environment and current policies affecting the health of the population.
• Well developed communication and interpersonal skills, particularly influencing and negotiating skills.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• The ability to work independently without direct supervision.
• The ability to work flexibly as part of the team.
• General information technology skills, including use of the computer to record and retrieve clinical information.
• Driving license desirable but not essential.

Further information:

Our aim is to provide high quality, consistent and continuous care and support enabling the patient to live in their own homes and as normal a life as possible. The team works in partnership with patients, families, Social Work, Education and respite facilities providing up to 24 hour, 7 days a week care through packages of care that are tailored to the individuals needs.

Informal Enquiries:

Scott O’Connor, Team Leader,

Telephone:  01314541025

 Email: scott.o’connor@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.