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Special School Learning Disability Staff Nurse
Band 5
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
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.
We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
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.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- 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
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- 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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Manyleb y person
learning disability nurse
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Achieved qualification
- worked with complex health needs
Meini prawf dymunol
- teaching and assessing
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Nicola Davies
- Teitl y swydd
- Team leader
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07817571124
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Caroline Hough Team Leader
07785578706
Rhestr swyddi gyda Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust yn Gwasanaethau gweinyddol neu bob sector