Job overview

The Intensive Support Team is a service designed to support individuals with a learning disability who are struggling with mental health crisis and/or behavioural distress which is placing them at risk of admission to hospital.  The team is expected to meet the holistic needs of service users and carers, avoiding hospital admission where possible.

We are looking for a nurse with the passion and clinical skills to join our innovative Intensive Support Team.  The consultant nurse leads the team of dedicated practitioners to supporting a team caseload of people needing intensive support.  There are three locality arms of the team (Spokes) who work in partnership with local service users and key agencies providing vital support in helping people remain safe in the community.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing day to day clinical and operational support to an all-age intensive support team.  

The post requires that an enhanced model of support is delivered daily throughout the year, serving the most vulnerable people in the community, at risk of an admission to a mental health hospital. The team also offers in-reach to those admitted to hospital working in conjunction with other learning disability teams, leading on formulation, training, and reasonable adjustments that the person might require during their stay.  

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary group of nurses and allied health professionals, to reduce avoidable admissions to hospital, breakdown of community care, and provide support for those in hospital. 

The post holder will utilise sounds clinical and leadership skills to ensure an evidenced based approach to delivering specialised clinical interventions that include positive behavioural support approaches, specialised adapted mental health assessments and interventions, and robust risk management approaches.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.