Staff Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Registered Learning Disability Nurses (RLDN)to join the Specialist Childrens Short Break Team at Dragon Square full time and part time hours avaialble.

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

The role involves working as part of a team of Registered nurses and Health Care Support workers in conjunction with the 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, as well as supporting families and minimising the risk of family breakdown.

The role of the registered nurse is very diverse and varied and creates lots of opportunity for developing clinical skills.

It involves supporting the 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 lots of opportunities to support the children to have fun when they are on a short break.

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

The service is registered with Ofsted.

Main duties of the job

To act as a named LD 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To act as named LD 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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.