Physical Health Liaison Practitioner

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be at the forefront of exciting new developments within Adult Learning Disability services? Do you have a passion to work within specialist learning disability services? Do you want to contribute your experience and skills to new ways of working across an integrated care system (ICS)?
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual who would relish the opportunity to work in the adult Learning Disability Service within LPFT as a Learning Disability Physical Health Liaison Practitioner.
LPFT’s adult learning disability service, provides specialist health support to people with learning disabilities who require assessment and/or treatment for their physical and mental health, including support with behaviours of concern. The adult learning disability service operates from three multi-disciplinary hubs, across Lincolnshire, which delivers a range of specialist provision as well as a county-wide community home assessment and treatment team.
For further information prior to submitting an application please contact Laura Browne, Learning Disability South Hub Team Coordinator 01476 858254
This is a community and hospital-based role providing physical healthcare support and liaison to professionals both within the Learning Disability service and partner agencies including GP practices and services in United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT).
You will be responsible for ensuring a high standard of physical healthcare support is provided for service users with a Learning Disability whose complex physical healthcare need cannot be met without the support of specialist Learning Disability services.
The role involves managing a small complex caseload of patients who have a learning disability. You will work closely with the ULHT safeguarding lead nurse coordinating patient care providing support to the Acute liaison nurses and with primary care colleagues to support Community liaison nurses.
As part of this role there is a requirement to support the validation of GP Quality Outcome Framework Learning Disability Registers annually. Part of the role will involve engaging with practices whose registers are not part of the Validation process to understand if additional support is required.
You will deputise in the absence of the physical health liaison lead and provide management and clinical supervision to staff within the service and provide support and training in respect of community and acute physical healthcare to the Learning Disability Service.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

• Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details
• To provide support and advice for individuals with a LD who also have a physical healthcare condition who are admitted too ULH hospitals.

To needs led interventions based on assessed needs which are measured against agreed outcomes,
To provide support to ULHT when cover the ALN nurses are on annual leave.
To support individuals with learning disabilities to have their health needs met across all health care settings, including planned admission/appointments to hospital.
To work with patients who do not attend Annual health check appointments and /or NHS screening programs to establish the reason for the non-attendance and provide advice support to the individual with any reasonable adjustments if appropriate.
To work flexibly to support the service.
To provide expert advice and support to clinicians within LPFT and beyond in regard to meeting the physical health care needs of people with a learning disability
To work in collaboration with UHLT and primary care to ensure that the individuals with a learning disability are supported utilising the Mental Capacity Act to make decisions relating to their care and treatment.
Participate and/or coordinate best interest meetings.
The core hours of the role are 9-5pm Monday to Friday but there may be the need on occasions to work flexibly to support the service.
Provide management and clinical supervision as required to peers and junior staff in line with the Trust policies and protocols for supervision, appraisal, and mandatory training.
To ensure a high standard or clinical practice and that clinical skills are updated as required.
To manage a complex caseload ensuring that records are kept in line with Trust and service expectations

Please refer the Job description for details