Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 37.5 hr band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurse to join the Specialist Children's Short Break Team

**NOTE: We are unable to accept applications from newly qualified nurses who have not completed a 12 month preceptorship since qualifying**

The service provides overnight short breaks for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and associated complex needs such as behaviours of concern and complex health needs

Working as part of a team of Registered nurses and Health Care Support workers in conjunction with wider multi-agency team such as school, social workers, consultants, specialist nurses, community nurses and parents/carers to meet the needs of the children and young people and achieve positive outcomes for them, supporting families and minimising the risk of family breakdown

The role is very diverse and varied and creates  opportunities for developing clinical skills

It supports children and young people to meet their personal hygiene needs, diet and nutrition, communication, religious,  cultural needs, health and wellbeing as well as social, sensory needs and developing daily living skills and independence. There are opportunities to support the children to have fun when they are on a short break

If you are compassionate and have a positive outlook and  lots of motivation please apply

The service is registered with Ofsted and is rated Good. North Staffs Combined Healthcare Trust is rated outstanding by CQC

Main duties of the job

To act as a named nurse / care co-ordinator, to be responsible for the assessment of needs and the planning, delivery and evaluation of care for these Patients and to deliver specific interventions according to assessed need. To oversee the nursing care process and to provide direction and supervision to junior staff in meeting patient needs. To provide supervision and leadership in respect of maintaining and developing standards of practice and implementing change. 

Key Duties/Responsibilities

• To act as named nurse / care coordinator with responsibility for the planning and delivery of care to this patient group.
• To act as Nurse in Charge of the clinical area on a regular basis.
• To act as a Change Agent and actively seek to develop practice.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.