Community Learning Disabilities Nurse - Children's team
Band 6
Main area: Learning Disability
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 34 hours per week
Job ref: 351-SPS1188-EJ-C
Site: LD Children’s Team, Central Town, Leyland
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, and community-based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability, and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices, and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Our Central and West Lancashire Children’s Community Learning Disability Team is looking for an experienced Learning Disability Nurse or a Paediatric Nurse with experience of working with children with learning disabilities to join our team.
The team is hoping to recruit a nurse who is passionate about working with children with learning disabilities, adaptable, highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and the ability to supervise and manage staff. The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward-thinking high-quality services, working in partnership with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers, and other agencies.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, work towards addressing the health, psychological, emotional, and behavioural needs of children and young people with a learning disability and/or Autism. They will be responsible for their caseload and supervise that of other practitioners within the service.
The post holder will also take a senior role in undertaking and supporting assessments for the school-aged Autism Spectrum Disorder Pathway.
The post is based within Lancashire.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms their requests for flexible working and discuss these options at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Part 5 or 14 of NMC register
2-3 years’ experience as a registered nurse or equivalent
* Preparation of Mentor training/NST 307 / ENB 998
Relevant post-registration qualification
Knowledge
* Ability to travel around the district
* Ability to support people who have a learning disability/complex needs on an individual and group basis
* Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how to undertake assessment and support children and young people with ASD
* Knowledge of relevant contemporary health policy
* IT competence
* Presentation skills
* Knowledge and skills in the assessment/management of risk
Experience
* Experience of working in a community setting
* Working with individuals who challenge
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. Ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees to enable LSCft to contact them.
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Ensure that you read the person specification attached below, as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome, and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible, as in some instances, vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date, then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset, and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve, so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application, then please ask.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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