Learning Disability Nurse

Integrated Care System; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a full-time Learning Disability Nurse to join the Autism Assessment Service. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing specialist nursing advice and support to individuals with autism, ensuring the development of services, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants must hold a degree in nursing and demonstrate experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Wellness opportunities

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess children, young people, and adults referred to the Autism Assessment Service.
• Provide evidence-based specialist nursing advice.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate safe and effective support.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities Educated to Degree level

Job description

Go back North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Learning Disability Nurse

The closing date is 05 August 2025

The Autism Assessment Service are looking to recruit a full-time Band 6 LD Nurse to support the team.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment of needs and diagnostic outcomes for children and young people and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The Autism Assessment service conducts assessments for children, young people and adults, with post-diagnostic support being offered to those up to the age of 25 with an Education Health and Care Plan.

The successful postholder will:

Be a member of the Autism Assessment Service, demonstrating the ability to make decisions and influence the development of services.

Provide evidence-based specialist nursing advice and support and to children and young people with a diagnosis of autism, their parents and carers.

Ensure health professionals gain knowledge and skills in being able to provide healthcare that is responsive to their individual needs.

Participate in the development of an evolving Autism service.

Will be required to teach staff including both students and registered and unregistered team members.

Main duties of the job

To assess children, young people and adults referred to the Autism Assessment Service using a variety of evidence-based specialist assessment tools, leading to a diagnostic conclusion in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

To provide post-diagnostic support to children, young people and adults including the development, implementation, and evaluation of the support, and in full collaboration with the children, young people, adults and their parents/carers.

To promote and develop evidence-based practice.

Provide advice to other professionals on complex and/or sensitive care needs

To liaise with and offer advice/ information to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, other professionals, clients and their families/carers to facilitate safe and effective assessment and support.

To motivate others through effective communication and be able to gain co-operation for treatment where there may be significant barriers to understanding.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

Ensure that there is efficient transfer of clients between team members and/or other services in accordance with Trust policy.

To set professional standards of care and to monitor measure and audit the effectiveness of services provided.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post as directed by the relevant managers and as identified as service priority.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities Educated to Degree level or equivalent.

Experience

• Hold a broad range of experiences at band 5 / junior level including evidence of supporting people with learning disabilities to access mainstream services.

Knowledge

• Understands and demonstrates the need to use evidence based interventions and how these relate to this post.

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPro rata, per annum