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
* Managing a caseload under the supervision of a Senior Nurse.
* 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.
* Undertake delegated tasks, with or without direct supervision, according to level of skill, and competence.
* 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.
* Provide specialist health advice and interventions to children and young people, their families and carers ensuring access to health care.
* Maintain competencies and work in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Councils (NMC), Code of Professional Conduct and maintaining a professional portfolio.
* 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.
* Enable and empower the family and carer to meet the health needs of the child or young person with significant and complex behaviours.
Job responsibilities
As a Learning Disability Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team in our Community Childrens Learning Disability Health Service.
You will feel valued as a Learning Disability Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £28,407 - £34,581 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Free tea and coffee at your base location
* 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
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* 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
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where you're 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
* 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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