Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Nurse

NHS; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Trowbridge is seeking a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Nurse to provide specialist assessment services for children with neurodevelopmental conditions like ADHD. This part-time role requires a registered Children's Nurse and involves close collaboration with families and multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people. Competitive salary and NHS benefits included.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Access to My Reward Hub

Wellbeing support and career coaching

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse or Specialist Public Health Nurse.
• High motivation and commitment to improving outcomes for CYP.
• Experience working in the community.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with paediatric colleagues for assessment.
• Deliver ADHD medication review clinics.
• Support children with ADHD and their families.

Skills

Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions

Communication skills

Ability to develop sustainable professional relationships

Comfortable with ambiguity

Solution-focused approach

Education

Registered Children's Nurse or Specialist Public Health Nurse

Job description

You'll be part of our friendly and welcoming team in Wiltshire that provide a specialist assessment service within the Neurodevelopmental Pathway for children and young people when investigating a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).

You'll work in partnership with parents/carers and the multi-disciplinary team along with other agencies.

You will be a registered Children's Nurse or Specialist Public Health Nurse.

You will support children and young people and their families with sleeping difficulties associated with neurodevelopmental conditions (Autism and ADHD) and will support the Neurodevelopmental pathway team in developing the Neurodevelopmental Specialist Nursing Services to children with neurodevelopmental conditions - particularly ADHD.

This is a part-time (30 hours per week) fixed-term (until 31st March 2026) opportunity.

Main duties of the job

• Work collaboratively with paediatric colleagues to identify children and young people (CYP) where ongoing assessment and support is required. This may include collecting information to support medicines review or monitoring care and treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively with other colleagues in the neurodevelopmental pathways team to integrate services to maximise efficiency and optimise the experience of the service for CYP and their families.
• Helptherapeutically with children and young people (CYP) and their families to identify strengths and strategies for management at home and educational setting.
• Deliver ADHD medication review clinics across B&NES and/or Wiltshire as required to meet the need of the population, to support children and families where ADHD has been diagnosed. This will include sleep and management of behaviours.
• Help ensure that the care plan is kept up to date and that this is communicated to GP colleagues and other relevant health colleagues, including education settings.
• Work closely with School Nurse colleagues to identify children not in school but accessing care as part of pathways.
• Work alongside colleagues in other teams to increase capacity by up-skilling.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

• Registered Childrens Nurse or Specialist Public Health Nurse
• Highly motivated and committed individual, with a solution focused approach
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
• Passion in improving the outcomes for CYP with ADHD
• Able to evidence ability to plan and complete workplan
• Aware of recent national and professional guidance and evidence related to field of practice
• Experience of working in the community and across teams and services
• Able to confidently assess and prioritise using guidelines and protocols, and support colleagues in this
• Able to evidence recent CPD to validate professional practice
• Able to demonstrate a wide range of adaptable communication skills
• Ability to develop sustainable professional relationships both internally and externally
• Car driver and able to access a vehicle for work purposes and / or an ability to travel

A full list of responsibilities and requirements can be found in the attached job description.

As a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Nurse youll be part of our valued team in Wiltshire

You will feel valued as a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £37,338 - £44,962with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.