Job summary
The post holder will assist in the development of the Childrens Community Learning Disability Health Service, to provide a flexible service to children and young people with Learning Disabilities. The Community Childrens Learning Disability Nurse will work under the supervision of a Senior Community Childrens Learning Disability Nurse and will participate in the assessment and health care planning for children and families in a variety of settings across Wiltshire, including home, educational settings, and health premises.
Base
You will be based at the closest hub to your home address. The post is Wiltshire Wide, we have a hub In Salisbury, Trowbridge, and Chippenham.
Main duties of the job
1. Managing a caseload under the supervision of a Senior Nurse.
2. Maintain and promote quality care and assist children, young people and their families to be supported throughout their care, whilst promoting independence and protecting choice, dignity, privacy and safety.
3. Undertake delegated tasks, with or without direct supervision, according to level of skill, and competence.
4. Liaise with a wide range of multi-agency professionals spending time in pre-schools, childrens centres, schools and short break settings, to support a child or young person.
5. Provide specialist health advice and interventions to children and young people, their families and carers ensuring access to health care.
6. Maintain competencies and work in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Councils (NMC), Code of Professional Conduct and maintaining a professional portfolio.
7. Work in partnership with the child or young person and their family or carers to develop individualised care plans and ensure the voice of the child is heard.
8. Enable and empower the family and carer to meet the health needs of the child or young person with significant and complex children and young people with learning disabilities understand their health needs.
Proposed job plan
Outline of Provisional Job Schedule:
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm with half hour lunch break. You will be working from home and from the office. You will be completing home visits and school visits over a large
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As aLearning Disability Nurse, youll be part of our valued team in our Community Childrens Learning Disability Health Service.
You will feel valued as aLearning Disability Nursewithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
9. £28,407 - £34,581 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
10. Free tea and coffee at your base location
11. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
12. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
13. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
14. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
15. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
16. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
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