Learning Disabilities Nurse- CAMHS

Eden Brown Synergy; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Eden Brown Synergy equal opportunities

Job summary

Eden Brown Synergy is recruiting a Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse to work within a community LD service in Birmingham. You will hold a complex caseload of young people with LD and co-occurring mental health needs, acting as a role model for evidence-based practice within a multidisciplinary team.

You will maintain accurate records, liaise with partner agencies, and ensure care aligns with NMC standards and local public health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse with Diploma/Degree level.
• Current professional registration with regulator (e.g., NMC).
• Significant experience with young people with ASD and Learning Disability in a community setting.
• Knowledge of community mental health services and managing a complex caseload.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and be conversant with the scope of Professional Practice.
• Manage an identified, complex caseload of young people with LD and comorbid mental health difficulty.
• Motivate the team towards an innovative, evidence-based standard of practice.
• Maintain contemporaneous records accurately and promptly.
• Collaborate within a MDT and liaise with other agencies while handling confidential information.

Skills

NMC registration

Community mental health

Autonomous working

Education

Diploma/Degree in Learning Disabilities Nursing

Job description

Duties

• To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct for nurses, midwives and health visitors and be conversant with the scope of Professional Practice and other NMC papers.
• To be responsible for an identified, complex caseload of young people diagnosed with a moderate to severe learning disability and comorbid mental health difficulty.
• To act as a role model and motivate team members towards an innovative and high standard of practice that is research/evidenced based.
• Ensure contemporaneous records are maintained.
• Promote a team approach to care within a multi-disciplinary framework, involving liaison and effective communication of confidential and sensitive information with other statutory and voluntary agencies.
• Ensure that community learning disability nursing service develops in line with BSMHFT core values and outcomes, whilst following government recommendations and public health initiatives.
• To work autonomously and effectively as part of community learning disability nursing service whilst managing own caseload.
• To ensure the legal frameworks relevant to work undertaken within BSMHFT Specialist Learning Disability Service are adhered to and followed.
• To support and work closely with colleagues as part of an MDT within SOLAR and other professionals working at different levels outside of the organisation to support the needs of children and young people.

Essential

• Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse educated to Diploma/Degree Level
• Professional registration with regulating body e.g NMC
• Significant experience working with young people with ASD & Learning Disability in a community setting
• Knowledge and experience of working within community mental health services and holding a complex caseload

Desirable

• Experience of working in Community CAMHS
• Skills with Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.