You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Conwy & Denbighshire Children's Learning Disability Nursing Service - for an experienced, enthusiastic NMC registered nurse.
To work within a multi-disciplinary team closely with staff from other agencies to promote and maintain high standards of care for children and adolescents with learning disabilities / developmental delay and complex needs. This will involve assessing developmental / associated health needs, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate programmes of care. Where required more specialist assessment will be undertaken under the indirect clinical supervision of Senior Nurse or Team Leader. Such work will be underpinned by ordinary life principles and evidence-based practice. The post holder will be expected to work with children, their families, carers, staff teams and other professionals in a variety of community settings with ongoing support. In addition, the post holder will assist with service development activities within the team.
- To take responsibility for allocated referrals from source to discharged in line with agreed protocols and documentation including assisting Clinical Psychologist in diagnosis of Learning Disability and assessing eligibility. This may involve interpreting complex cognitive assessment information or conducting assessments indicating of levels of functioning.
- To conduct initial "choice" appointments (or equivalent) with carers to agree suitability of the service to meet the child's needs and agree outcome focused goals which to work towards.
- To undertake an initial assessment of physical, psychological and social well being in order to accurately identify the child's needs and associated health needs..
- To carry out this assessment utilising evidence based tools and where appropriate to provide more detailed specialist assessment of specific areas of difficulty such as behavioural difficulties using functional assessment tools, rating scales, collection and analysis of data such as ABC records. The post holder will then collate the information into a cohesive formulation of the problems to enable development of plans / programmes to address issues.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Conwy & Denbighshire Children's Learning Disability Nursing Service - for an experienced, enthusiastic NMC registered nurse.
To work within a multi-disciplinary team closely with staff from other agencies to promote and maintain high standards of care for children and adolescents with learning disabilities / developmental delay and complex needs. This will involve assessing developmental / associated health needs, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate programmes of care. Where required more specialist assessment will be undertaken under the indirect clinical supervision of Senior Nurse or Team Leader. Such work will be underpinned by ordinary life principles and evidence-based practice. The post holder will be expected to work with children, their families, carers, staff teams and other professionals in a variety of community settings with ongoing support. In addition, the post holder will assist with service development activities within the team.
- To take responsibility for allocated referrals from source to discharged in line with agreed protocols and documentation including assisting Clinical Psychologist in diagnosis of Learning Disability and assessing eligibility. This may involve interpreting complex cognitive assessment information or conducting assessments indicating of levels of functioning.
- To conduct initial "choice" appointments (or equivalent) with carers to agree suitability of the service to meet the child's needs and agree outcome focused goals which to work towards.
- To undertake an initial assessment of physical, psychological and social well being in order to accurately identify the child's needs and associated health needs..
- To carry out this assessment utilising evidence based tools and where appropriate to provide more detailed specialist assessment of specific areas of difficulty such as behavioural difficulties using functional assessment tools, rating scales, collection and analysis of data such as ABC records. The post holder will then collate the information into a cohesive formulation of the problems to enable development of plans / programmes to address issues.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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