Children's Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Use effective communication skills based on valuing others, recognising own and others strengths and differences.
• Ability to utilise an enabling and therapeutic approach with children and young people together with their families and carers.
• Ability to assess and plan enabling outcome focussed clinical interventions with children, young people and their families/carers, under the supervision of the Specialist Childrens Learning Disability Nurses.
• Monitor and report to Specialist Childrens Learning Disability Nurses, care offered to agreed outcome measures.
• Effectively engage in group work activities with colleagues.
• Act as Named Nurse to children and young people supervised by Specialist Childrens Learning Disability Nurses. To be supported in developing to become an autonomous practitioner.
• Use effective and standardised assessment tools.
• Practice in an enabling and facilitative manner that aims high by drawing on strengths whilst recognising and working with stakeholders to minimise and overcome or adapt to environmental constraints.
• Be sensitive to and validatory of, social and cultural difference whilst maintaining a child focused approach.
• Keep timely, concise and accurate records, maintaining confidentiality.
• Participate in individual or group work with children and young people, adapting resource packages to meet specific and individual needs.
• Engage in play with children and young people.
• Applying evidence-based nursing knowledge to specific situations supported by effective case supervision.
• Adapting standardised methodology to meet individual need, carefully analysing situations that arise in light of previous experience and best practice.
• Person to person contact with children, young people and their family/carers on a regular basis.
• To report safeguarding concerns to Specialist Childrens Learning Disability Nurses and follow NCH&C Safeguarding Policy.
• Ability to work in a team and to play an active part within the integrated team role, participating in case discussions, peer supervision and team meetings.
• Able to undertake lone working, adhering to NCHC policy and local procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRNLD/RMHN Diploma level
• oNMC registered

Desirable

• oNorfolk Steps training (Step On/Up)
• oSafeguarding Children training

Experience

Essential

• oPost registration learning disability nursing experience
• oExperience of working with children/young people who have learning disabilities and their families
• oExperience of collaborative multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working

Desirable

• oExperience of working in the community

Skills, ability, and knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to deliver evidence-based and outcome-led nursing practice
• oUse of standardised assessment tools
• oEffective use of information technology
• oKnowledge of the emotional, psychological, developmental and social needs of children and young people with learning disabilities
• oAbility to apply evidence-based clinical interventions
• oUnderstanding of non-verbal communication systems and their use with children and young people
• oAccurate, timely and concise recording
• oUnderstanding of the Common Assessment Framework
• oUnderstanding the concepts of behaviour that 'challenges' and impact on a child/young person's relationships

Desirable

• oParticipation in group work
• oCarrying out individualised work under supervision
• oKnowledge of local statutory and non- statutory resources available for this group
• oAbility to work in partnership with others
• oKnowledge of current legislation and policy in Learning Disabilities/Mental Health

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Norwich Community Hospital

Norwich

NR2 3TU

Employer's website

https://www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)