Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Associate to join our small team of Learning Disability Nurses, nurse associates and trainee nurse associates within the wider Solihull Children's Community Nursing Service for a 10 month period. This role involves close working with the children's community and special schools nursing teams and is a great opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, hard working Nurse Associate who is passionate about working with children with Moderate to Severe and profound Learning Disabilities and passionate about ensuring inclusion and accessibility to their local community.
The team provides a high quality service to children and their families concentrating on the following areas: continence, sleep hygiene, behaviour, health promotion and short breaks. You will support individual children and families, attend multidisciplinary meetings, safeguarding meetings and liaise closely with other professionals so excellent communication skills are essential.
This role is for 19.5 hours per week and is to be worked over 2-3 days. This service is open Monday to Friday, 9am -5pm. This is a community based role so daily access to your own vehicle is essential.
Main duties of the job
Ideally you will have experience of working with Children and young people with Moderate to Severe and profound Learning Disabilities and experience in a community setting.
You will be expected to assess children in their home and educational settings, plan strategies in conjunction with children, young people and their parents/carers and support with the implementation of these. Evaluation will be required on an on-going basis and you will effectively manage your own active caseload with supervision from a trained Learning Disability Nurse.
You will be responsible for keeping all clinical and safeguarding records up to date and in line with NMC guidelines and responsible for maintaining high standards of care and practice.
The team undertakes workshops with groups of parents and children and young people and supports medical clinics within schools. You will contribute to the planning and delivery of these.
As a member of this team you will be supported with regular clinical supervision, appraisal and relevant team meetings.
If you have the relevant experience or are interested in widening your experience, would like to join a small, friendly and proactive team and are committed to improving the outcomes for children and their families then please apply.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC registered Nursing Associate.
- *Level 5 Foundation Degree in Health & Care associated with Nursing Associate training.
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of working with children and young people and adults with learning disability.
- *Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- *Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information.
- *Experience of managing / prioritising own case load / workload, delegating tasks and using initiative.
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
- *Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
- *Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
- *Understanding and acts within NMC professional standards of practice contained within the NMC code of conduct.
- *Understanding of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity.
- *Awareness of health and safety issues.
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of the elements associated with NMC Revalidation.
- *Willingness to take on new skills and develop scope of practice.
- *Can articulate and understanding of the importance of following Policy / Procedure, guidelines and care and treatment plans.
Desirable
- *Experience of Clinical Audit.
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of the elements associated with NMC Revalidation.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional appearance.
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- *Caring and approachable.
- *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others.
- *Flexible, Reliable and Punctual.
- *Willingness to work a range of shift patterns to cover service requirements
- *UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle on a daily basis for community visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC registered Nursing Associate.
- *Level 5 Foundation Degree in Health & Care associated with Nursing Associate training.
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of working with children and young people and adults with learning disability.
- *Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- *Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information.
- *Experience of managing / prioritising own case load / workload, delegating tasks and using initiative.
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
- *Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
- *Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
- *Understanding and acts within NMC professional standards of practice contained within the NMC code of conduct.
- *Understanding of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity.
- *Awareness of health and safety issues.
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of the elements associated with NMC Revalidation.
- *Willingness to take on new skills and develop scope of practice.
- *Can articulate and understanding of the importance of following Policy / Procedure, guidelines and care and treatment plans.
Desirable
- *Experience of Clinical Audit.
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of the elements associated with NMC Revalidation.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional appearance.
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- *Caring and approachable.
- *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others.
- *Flexible, Reliable and Punctual.
- *Willingness to work a range of shift patterns to cover service requirements
- *UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle on a daily basis for community visits.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Children’s Community Nursing
Third Floor, Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4BN
Employer's website
https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)
