Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Learning Disability Nurse to join the Special School Nursing team in Dudley
The role is to support Band 6 nurses in the Dudley Special schools and the Community Children's nursing team. The team works as part of the Children's Community Nursing Team (ICCN Team) The nurse will support in managing the health needs of children and young people with complex health and profound learning disabilities. Some home visits and other community visits will be carried out as part of a holistic case management.
The nurse will be responsible for providing clinical skills in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of the children. The role will include teaching/training and supporting the team as well as the school staff to ensure the health needs of the children are met, this may involve complex epilepsy management, enteral feeding and tracheostomy care.
The nurse will require the experience and ability to be able to manage emergency health situations.
The candidate must be a registered learning disability nurse with recent experience of working with children with learning disabilities and complex health needs. Previous experience of special school nursing would be desirable.
Main duties of the job
- Access, plan and implement care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years , with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability
- Implement interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by learning disabilities
- Access and develop strategies to support children/families with specific issues i.e sleep strategies, behavioural strategies, continence issues, medication and epilepsy support
- To provide skills and strategies for young people/parents and carers to effectively manage their own/their child's condition
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services.
- Specialist learning disability services.
- Mental health services for children and young people.
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Access, plan and implement care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years , with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability
- To maintain excellent working relationships between universal and specialist services,
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, regularly working alone and unsupervised in a variety of different settings, organizing and managing own time and case-load
- To provide advice, consultation and information to others on LD issues, to ensure that the health needs of individual children and young people with learning disability are met appropriately
- Working in conjunction with other agencies, ensure the appropriate planning for the transition of care takes place in a timely fashion and meets the ongoing needs of the child
- Implement interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by learning disabilities
- Access and develop strategies to support children/families with specific issues i.e sleep strategies, behavioural strategies, continence issues, medication and epilepsy support
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Access, plan and implement care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years , with a diagnosed severe or complex learning disability
- To maintain excellent working relationships between universal and specialist services,
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, regularly working alone and unsupervised in a variety of different settings, organizing and managing own time and case-load
- To provide advice, consultation and information to others on LD issues, to ensure that the health needs of individual children and young people with learning disability are met appropriately
- Working in conjunction with other agencies, ensure the appropriate planning for the transition of care takes place in a timely fashion and meets the ongoing needs of the child
- Implement interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by learning disabilities
- Access and develop strategies to support children/families with specific issues i.e sleep strategies, behavioural strategies, continence issues, medication and epilepsy support
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Person Specification
learning disability nurse
Essential
- Achieved qualification
- worked with complex health needs
Desirable
Person Specification
learning disability nurse
Essential
- Achieved qualification
- worked with complex health needs
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
