Band 6 Specialist Community LD Practitioner - Swindon

This is a unique opportunity in Swindon, for a Registered Learning Disability Nurse, RMN, or OT to work as part of the Specialist Learning Disability And Autism Diagnostic Service. You will join a dynamic and friendly specialist health team with a diverse and interesting skill set, who are spearheading the future development of community services, in Swindon.

You will have monthly clinical and monthly management supervision, as well as excellent training and annual appraisal.

The job will involve providing specialist intervention for people with learning disabilities with complex health needs; including complex physical and mental health conditions and challenging behaviours. You will need to use your core skills to work with those with complex health needs by improving function and supporting carers and other support staff in promoting social inclusion liaising closely with generic services.

If you are seeking to develop your specialist role, because you have excellent clinical skills and you are ambitious to progress your career to transform the lives of people with a learning disability, then apply for this role.

Applicants must have experience of undertaking assessments with highly complex individuals, providing highly specialist therapeutic interventions with adults with complex needs and/or enduring mental health problems, as well as having a proven track record of contributing to the development and delivery of innovative, evidence-based initiatives to improve the quality of life of service users.

This role will focus on supporting individuals with complex learning disabilities and in the community. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and you will have access to regular clinical and management supervision to enable you to work autonomously.

The successful candidate will have an opportunity to use and develop a number of skills, including leadership skills, complex physical disability and epilepsy depending on their experience and the demands of the service.

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.

As an AWP employee, you will benefit from regular supervision and appraisal, along with a commitment to support your professional development and the general terms and conditions offered by the NHS.

Management of a community learning disability caseload, within the Swindon area. This will include complex assessments and care planning and the development risk managements plans. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals who provide holistic, person centred specialist health care. You will have opportunities to lead on projects and participate in service development activities.