Band 5 Learning Disability Nurse inTrowbridge inTrowbridge PUBLISHED MON 11 NOV 2024

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.

• 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.at 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

As aLearning Disability Nurse, youll be part of our valued team in ourCommunity Childrens Learning Disability Health Service.

You will feel valued as aLearning Disability Nursewithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £28,4£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 lifes 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 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
• 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