Acute Liaison Nurse; LD | Calderdale and NHS Foundation Trust

About Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

This post provides a service to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload to support patients with learning disabilities, and their carers access acute health services. The post holder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the coordination and implementation of complex care planning for patients with learning disabilities for unplanned, planned, day treatment and outpatient care including liaison with community services.

The post holder will give advice for Autistic patients and support complex situations as per referral criteria for the team. The post holder will support the Nurse Consultant in Learning disabilities deliver the Trust Learning Disability Strategy and other associated strategies ie; health equity etc.

• Act as clinical role model, ensuring clinical expertise and practice is enhanced for patients with learning disabilities.
• Clearly present the patients point of view to others, including promoting and protecting the interest and dignity of patients.
• Establish and maintain effective communication within the multidisciplinary team.
• Take an active role in risk assessment, supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk.
• Recognise changes in patient conditions which require the intervention of others, and refer on as appropriate.
• Act as an innovative and enthusiastic role model, providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational & professional issues.
• Make assessments and develop complex planning to enable a patient receive treatment; act as the coordinator/participant within the multi-disciplinary teams responsible for care.
• Maintain accurate records using the Trust’s documentation on EPR.
• Ensuring condition‑related information is accessible to people with a learning disability and their carers.
• Identify barriers to accessing acute healthcare services for people with a learning disability and plan action and initiatives to overcome and facilitate easy access.
• In complex cases directly assist and facilitate the coordination of care at the following stages: preparation, attendance, admission and discharge.
• Work within the NMC code of professional practice and within policies, procedures and guidelines of Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust.
• Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given, and act when standards are not being maintained.
• Participate in the assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.
• Ensure incidents and near misses are reported, promoting a no‑blame culture.
• Be aware of team members skills and capabilities and be able to delegate tasks appropriately.
• Provide mentorship and preceptorship as required, supporting the Trust in providing a suitable & effective learning environment for students.
• Take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with re‑registration requirements.
• Support the development of other team members and the wider workforce across the Trust as required.
• Manage verbal complaints and refer on when unable to resolve, encouraging junior staff to be proactive in the management of verbal / potential complaints.
• Participate in investigation of incidents and complaints as required, including preparing detailed reports and letters to complainants, including triangulating the data to monitor for themes and trends.
• Share lessons learned with the wider teams across the Trust to improve patient care for people with a learning disability.
• Lead on patient and carer communication issues and coordination of the patient…