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Band 6 Learning Disability Nurse
The closing date is 17 August 2025
A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Learning Disability Nurse to join our small team of Learning Disability Nurses, nurse associates and trainee nurse associates within the wider Solihull Children's Community Nursing Service. This band 6 role involves managing your own caseload, supervision and support of junior members of staff and students and working closely with the children's community and special schools nursing teams. You will also be the vulnerabilities link nurse between the community and UHB trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, hard working Learning Disability Nurse 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 attend multidisciplinary meetings, safeguarding meetings and liaise closely with children, families and other professionals so excellent communication skills are essential.
This role is a full time role. 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 working with Children and young people and a minimum of 2 years experience in a community setting. You will be expected to assess children in their home and educational settings and plan strategies in conjunction with children, young people and their parents/carers and support with the implementation of these strategies. Evaluation of the teams input will be required on an on-going basis and you will effectively manage an active caseload, new referrals and link work to the local special schools.
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 across the team.
The team undertakes workshops with groups of parents and children and young people and supports medical clinics within schools. You will be ensuring the workshop material is current and evidence based and contribute to the planning and delivery of these.
You will have shared responsibility with the team lead to help manage rosters, provide supervision and support to the team. You will also support the team lead with sickness management, appraisals, audits and any relevant team meetings .
If you have the relevant 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 responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* *Registered Nurse Learning Disability, Mental Health Nurse or Equivalent to degree level.
* *Teaching and Assessing Qualification eg. SLAIP.
* *Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* *2 years post registration experience of working in a Community setting.
* *Leadership course
Experience
* *Post Registration experience working in a learning Disabilities environment.
* *Experience of working within a Multidisciplinary team.
* *Experience of working with in the community setting.
* *Experience and evidence of implementing change.
* *Has an understanding of safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
* *Knowledge of audit and research management/ leadership experience.
* *Teaching/presentation experience.
* *Experience of supervising others or mentoring.
* *Able to demonstrate innovation with in current areas of practice.
* *Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding, mental capacity and disability.
* *Knowledge of recognized health related issues in children, young people and adults with learning disabilities.
* *Able to utilize IT skills to document events on a day to day basis. To use these skills to make learning books/PECs for children and young people.
* *Able to use Word Publishing/Excel or equivalent.
* *Awareness of the function and skills needed of Lead Professional role.
* *Use Trust IT system.
Additional Criteria
* *To remain calm under pressure, resourceful, approachable, non judgmental reliable and honest.
* *Self aware.
* *Willingness to motivate change.
* *Needs to have a full UK driving licence and have a car available at all times for community visits.
* *Willing to undertake Disclosure and Barring service at Enhanced level.
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.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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