Community Nurse for Intensive Support Team

To ensure effective communication and collaboration with others involved in a service users care. Liaise as necessary and attend CPA meetings, reviews, Team meetings, ward rounds and clinical meetings. To ensure the referring agent and others involved in a service users care are informed and kept aware of involvement both verbally and in writing, with the service users consent To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of care to Learning Disability with specialist health needs, supporting the implementation of the Care Programme Approach To manage a clinical caseload and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) effectively and efficiently To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents To discuss any resource issues with CTM, particularly related to unmanageable caseload and ability of team to accept referrals or initiate waiting list To maintain links with primary care and advise on mental health issues and support as necessary To demonstrate sound clinical skills and ability to make decisions, whilst always aiming to promote the involvement of the service user To embrace any health promotion initiatives and always encourage a positive attitude to learning disability difficulties. To maintain clear links with your professions structures and your professions lead within the Trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and the adherence to your professions standards and codes of practice. To gain consent and build a collaborative relationship with service users that will promote engagement in the therapeutic process, adapting to barriers in communication which service users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological, physical, and always ensuring they are involved in and aware of their current care plan To manage a clinical caseload effectively and efficiently, and engage in caseload (managerial) supervision with Clinical Team Manager (CTM) To participate in managing and prioritising referrals for a waiting list and supporting/ advising referring agents