Community Learning Disabilities Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lytham St Annes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is offering a Band 5 Learning Disability Nurse post within the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team. The role focuses on delivering care to children with learning disabilities and autism, in partnership with families and other agencies.

You will support integrated health teams in the community, undertake delegated duties from senior nurses, and contribute to high-quality pathways that meet local needs while promoting health, inclusion and

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse registered at Band 5 level.
• Experience with children with learning disabilities and autism is desirable.
• Ability to work in community settings and with families.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to children with learning disabilities in community pathways.
• Undertake delegated duties from senior nurses and contribute to care delivery.
• Collaborate with Operational Lead and Locality teams to ensure timely outcomes.

Skills

Band 5 Learning Disability Nurse

Job description

An opportunity has arisen with the service, for a Band 5 Learning Disability Nurse post to work within the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team and innovative. The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with children with learning disabilities and autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.

The post holder will work within an integrated health team, providing clinical support to children with learning disabilities who have additional complex needs, which may include challenging behaviour, physical and sensory impairment, mental health and forensic issues. The post holder will play an integral role in delivery of care within these pathways within a variety of community settings.

As a band 5 community nurse you will be expected to support the clinical activity of the teams in meeting the needs of local people with learning disabilities in the community. You will have skills in working with children with learning disabilities, and associated communication and behavioural needs. The post holder will undertake delegated duties by senior nurses, and will be accountable to the Operational Manager and Senior Community Nurse and Locality Lead Nurse, and will be providing administrative support within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like t discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Francis Job title: Operational Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07484 093161